By: Zerwas H.B. No. 3838
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the definition of eligible central municipality for
  purposes of the municipal hotel occupancy tax.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 351.001(7), Tax Code, is amended to read
  as follows:
               (7)  "Eligible central municipality" means:
                     (A)  a municipality with a population of more than
  140,000 but less than 1.5 million that is located in a county with a
  population of one million or more and that has adopted a capital
  improvement plan for the construction or expansion of a convention
  center facility;
                     (B)  a municipality with a population of 250,000
  or more that:
                           (i)  is located wholly or partly on a barrier
  island that borders the Gulf of Mexico;
                           (ii)  is located in a county with a
  population of 300,000 or more; and
                           (iii)  has adopted a capital improvement
  plan to expand an existing convention center facility;
                     (C)  a municipality with a population of 116,000
  or more that:
                           (i)  is located in two counties both of which
  have a population of 660,000 or more; and
                           (ii)  has adopted a capital improvement plan
  for the construction or expansion of a convention center facility;
                     (D)  a municipality with a population of less than
  50,000 that contains a general academic teaching institution that
  is not a component institution of a university system, as those
  terms are defined by Section 61.003, Education Code; [or]
                     (E)  a municipality with a population of 640,000
  or more that:
                           (i)  is located on an international border;
  and
                           (ii)  has adopted a capital improvement plan
  for the construction or expansion of a convention center facility;
                     (F)  a municipality with a population of 75,000 or
  more that:
                           (i)  is located wholly in one county with a
  population of 575,000 or more that is adjacent to a county with a
  population of four million or more; and
                           (ii)  has adopted a capital improvement plan
  for the construction or expansion of a convention center facility;
                     (G)  a municipality with a population of less than
  75,000 that is located in three counties, at least one of which has
  a population of at least four million; or
                     (H)  an eligible barrier island coastal
  municipality described by Subdivision 156.2512(c)(1), with a
  population of at least 3,000 but not more than 5,000.
 
         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.