By: Gutierrez S.B. No. 1787
 
 
 
   
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the reporting of Hotel Occupancy Tax to local
  jurisdictions.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 156.151, Tax Code, is amended to read as
  follows:
         Sec. 156.151.  REPORT AND PAYMENT. (a) A person required to
  collect the tax imposed by this chapter shall pay the comptroller
  the tax collected during the preceding reporting period and at the
  same time shall file with the comptroller a report stating:
               (1)  the total amount of the payments made for rooms at
  the person's hotel during the preceding reporting period;
               (2)  the amount of the tax collected by the person
  during the preceding reporting period; and
               (3)  other information that the comptroller requires to
  be in the report.
         (b)  Except as provided by Subsection (c), each calendar
  month is a reporting period and the taxes imposed by and collected
  under this chapter are due and payable to the comptroller on or
  before the 20th day of the month following the end of each calendar
  month.
         (c)  If a taxpayer owes less than $500 for a calendar month or
  $1,500 for a calendar quarter, the taxpayer qualifies as a
  quarterly filer having a reporting period of a calendar quarter and
  the taxes are due and payable on the 20th day after the end of the
  calendar quarter.
         (d)  The comptroller shall provide the report described in
  subsection (a) to the county and municipality of the person
  required to collect the tax imposed by this chapter.
         SECTION 16.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.