By: King of Uvalde (Senate Sponsor - Flores, Lucio) H.B. No. 2199
         (In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2019;
  May 7, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural
  Resources & Economic Development; May 17, 2019, reported
  adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following
  vote:  Yeas 11, Nays 0; May 17, 2019, sent to printer.)
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  COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 2199 By:  Rodríguez
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the use of municipal hotel occupancy tax revenue in
  certain municipalities.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 351.1066(a), Tax Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies only to:
               (1)  a municipality with a population of at least 3,500
  but less than 5,500 that is the county seat of a county with a
  population of less than 50,000 that borders a county with a
  population of more than 1.6 million;
               (2)  a municipality with a population of at least 2,900
  but less than 3,500 that is the county seat of a county with a
  population of less than 22,000 that is bordered by the Trinity River
  and includes a state park and a portion of a wildlife management
  area;
               (3)  a municipality with a population of at least 7,500
  that is located in a county that borders the Pecos River and that
  has a population of not more than 15,000;
               (4)  a municipality with a population of not more than
  5,000 that is located in a county through which the Frio River flows
  and an interstate highway crosses, and that has a population of at
  least 15,000; [and]
               (5)  a municipality with a population of not less than
  7,500 that is located in a county with a population of not less than
  40,000 but less than 250,000 that is adjacent to a county with a
  population of less than 750;
               (6)  a municipality that is the county seat of a county
  with a population of at least 8,500 and that county contains part of
  the Chaparral Wildlife Management Area; and
               (7)  a municipality that has a population of not more
  than 25,000, that contains a cultural heritage museum, and that is
  located in a county that borders the United Mexican States and the
  Gulf of Mexico.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
 
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