H.B. No. 3484
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the use of municipal hotel occupancy tax revenue by
  certain municipalities.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 351, Tax Code, is amended
  by adding Section 351.1079 to read as follows:
         Sec. 351.1079.  ALLOCATION OF REVENUE FOR SPORTS FACILITIES
  AND FIELDS BY CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES. (a) This section applies
  only to a municipality that has a population of at least 6,000 and
  that is the county seat of a county that:
               (1)  borders the State of Louisiana;
               (2)  is bisected by a United States highway; and
               (3)  has a population of 75,000 or less.
         (b)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter and
  subject to Subsection (c), a municipality to which this section
  applies may use all or any portion of the revenue derived from the
  municipal hotel occupancy tax to construct, improve, maintain, and
  operate sports facilities and fields for the purpose of promoting
  tourism and the convention and hotel industry.
         (c)  A municipality to which this section applies may use
  revenue derived from the municipal hotel occupancy tax to:
               (1)  maintain or operate sports facilities and fields
  only if the conditions specified by Sections 351.101(a)(7)(A) and
  (C) are met; and
               (2)  improve a sports facility or field only if the
  requirements of Sections 351.101(a)(7)(A) and (C) are met and the
  municipality complies with Section 351.1076.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 3484 was passed by the House on May 4,
  2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 139, Nays 4, 2 present, not
  voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
  No. 3484 on May 21, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 126, Nays 11,
  2 present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 3484 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 19, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 26, Nays
  5.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor