By: Zwiener (Senate Sponsor - Buckingham) H.B. No. 2345
         (In the Senate - Received from the House May 10, 2021;
  May 12, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural
  Resources & Economic Development; May 21, 2021, reported favorably
  by the following vote:  Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 21, 2021, sent to
  printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the authority of certain counties to impose a hotel
  occupancy tax.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 352.002, Tax Code, is amended by adding
  Subsection (aa) to read as follows:
         (aa) The commissioners court of a county that contains a
  headquarters and visitor center for a national historical park
  dedicated to a former president of the United States may impose a
  tax authorized by Subsection (a). The tax imposed under this
  subsection does not apply to a hotel located in a municipality that
  imposes a tax under Chapter 351 applicable to the hotel.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
 
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