Amend HB 1915 by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering the other SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  Section 156.2512(a), Tax Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a)  Not later than the last day of the month following a calendar quarter and subject to Subsection (d), the comptroller shall:

(1)  compute the amount of revenue derived from the collection of taxes imposed under this chapter at a rate of one percent and received from hotels located on barrier islands in an eligible barrier island coastal municipality described by Subsection (c)(1)(C)(i), [or] (ii), or (iv) and issue to the municipality a warrant drawn on the general revenue fund for that amount; and

(2)  compute the amount of revenue derived from the collection of taxes imposed under this chapter at a rate of two percent and received from hotels located on barrier islands in an eligible barrier island coastal municipality described by Subsection (c)(1)(C)(iii) and issue to the municipality a warrant drawn on the general revenue fund for that amount.

SECTION ____.  Section 156.2512(c)(1), Tax Code, is amended to read as follows:

(1)  "Eligible barrier island coastal municipality" means a municipality:

(A)  that borders on the Gulf of Mexico;

(B)  that is located wholly or partly on a barrier island; and

(C)  that [the boundaries of which]:

(i)  includes [include] a portion of a national seashore;

(ii)  includes [include] a national estuarine research reserve; [or]

(iii)  is located [are] within 30 miles of the United Mexican States; or

(iv)  has a population of less than 10,000 and is located in a county with a population of at least 300,000 that is adjacent to a county with a population of at least 3,000,000.