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Amend CSSB 451 (senate committee printing) in SECTION 1 of the bill, between added Sections 250.008(b) and (c), Local Government Code (page 1, between lines 52 and 53), by inserting the following subsection and relettering subsequent subsections and references to those subsections accordingly:
(c) This section does not apply to a municipality that:
(1) borders the Gulf of Mexico;
(2) has adopted an ordinance regulating short-term rentals on or before September 1, 2017; and
(3) adopts a resolution demonstrating that tourism is a substantial component of the economy of the municipality.