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By: Taylor |
S.B. No. 1307 |
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(In the Senate - Filed February 28, 2019; March 7, 2019, |
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read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources & |
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Economic Development; April 8, 2019, reported adversely, with |
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favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 10, |
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Nays 0; April 8, 2019, sent to printer.) |
Click here to see the committee vote |
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1307 |
By: Hinojosa |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the use of hotel occupancy tax revenue by certain |
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municipalities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 351.101, Tax Code, is amended by adding |
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Subsection (q) to read as follows: |
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(q) In addition to the purposes provided by Subsections (a) |
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and (e), a municipality with a population of more than 10,000 that |
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has a city hall located less than three miles from a space center |
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operated by an agency of the federal government and that is wholly |
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located in a county with a population of four million or more may |
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use revenue from the hotel occupancy tax for the construction, |
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improvement, enlarging, equipping, renovating, repairing, |
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operation, and maintenance of a coliseum or multiuse facility and |
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related infrastructure or a venue, as defined by Section |
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334.001(4), Local Government Code, that is related to the promotion |
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of tourism, including a hotel, resort, or convention center |
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facility located on land owned by the municipality or a nonprofit |
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corporation acting on behalf of the municipality. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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