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Amend CSSB 451 (senate committee printing) in SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 250.008, Local Government Code, as follows:
(1) In Subsection (c) (page 1, lines 53-56), strike the first sentence and substitute the following:
Except as provided by this section, a municipality may not adopt or enforce a local law that restricts the use of or otherwise regulates a short-term rental based on the property's classification, use, or homestead status.
(2) In Subsection (c) (page 1, lines 56-57), strike "Local laws authorized by this subsection include regulations" and substitute "If otherwise authorized by law, a municipality may adopt or enforce a local law applicable to short-term rentals".
(3) Strike Subsection (c)(1)(F) (page 2, lines 6-7) and substitute the following:
(F) annual registration of short-term rentals, including the assessment of a reasonable and necessary administrative fee related to processing and administration of the registration, not to exceed $100 annually;
(4) In Subsection (d)(5) (page 2, line 26), immediately after the underlined semicolon, insert "and".
(5) In Subsection (d)(6) (page 2, line 27), strike "; and" and substitute an underlined period.
(6) Strike Subsection (d)(7) (page 2, lines 28-29).
(7) In Subsection (g) (page 2, line 51), between "If" and "authorized", insert "a hotel occupancy tax is".
(8) In Subsection (i) (page 2, line 65), immediately after the underlined period, insert the following:
This subsection is not intended to:
(1) impose any additional obligation other than an obligation that exists under applicable federal, state, and local laws; or
(2) create an additional cause of action.