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Amend CSSB 633 (house committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Chapter 1507 (SB 456), Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999 (Article 5190.14, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended by adding Section 12 to read as follows:
Sec. 12. LOCAL GOVERNMENT CORPORATION AS ENDORSING MUNICIPALITY OR COUNTY. (a) This section applies only to a local government corporation that:
(1) is authorized to collect a municipal hotel occupancy tax; and
(2) is located in a county with a population of 3.3 million or more.
(b) A local government corporation may act as an endorsing municipality or endorsing county under this Act.
(c) A local government corporation acting as an endorsing municipality or endorsing county under this Act shall remit for deposit into the trust fund established for the games or event the amounts determined by the comptroller under this Act. The comptroller shall determine the incremental increase in receipts attributable to the games or event and related activities under that chapter based on the amount of applicable taxes imposed by each municipality or county that comprises the local government corporation and not on the amount of taxes imposed by the local government corporation.
(d) A local government corporation acting as an endorsing municipality or endorsing county under this Act may guarantee the local government corporation's obligations under a games or event support contract by pledging surcharges from user fees, including parking or ticket fees, charged in connection with the games or event and related activities.
(e) Subject to Subsection (c), a local government corporation acting as an endorsing municipality or endorsing county under this Act, as authorized by this section, has all the powers of an endorsing municipality or endorsing county under this Act, and any action an endorsing municipality or endorsing county is required to take by ordinance or order under this Act may be taken by order or resolution of the local government corporation.