Amend CSHB 5012 (house committee printing) as follows:
(1) On page 10, line 19, strike "and".
(2) On page 10, line 23, strike the period and substitute an underlined semicolon.
(3) On page 10, between lines 23 and 24, insert the following:
(61) a municipality with a population of 750,000 or more that is located in a county with a population of 1.5 million or less;
(62) a municipality with a population of less than 7,000 that contains a country music hall of fame;
(63) a municipality with a population of 35,000 or more that contains a railroad museum and is located in a county that:
(A) has a population of 800,000 or more; and
(B) is adjacent to a county with a population of four million or more; and
(64) a municipality:
(A) that is the county seat of a county:
(i) with a population of 60,000 or less; and
(ii) that borders the Rio Grande; and
(B) in which is located a United States military fort listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
(4) On page 11, strike line 1 and substitute the following:
qualified project that:
(1) is authorized and commenced on or after January 1, 2027; or
(2) notwithstanding Subdivision (1), is located in a municipality that was not entitled to pledge or commit revenue under Section 351.155 before September 1, 2023.
(5) SECTION ____. Section 351.158, Tax Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 351.158. PERIOD OF ENTITLEMENT. (a) A municipality is entitled to receive revenue as.provided by Sections 351.156 and 351.157 until the 10th anniversary of the date the qualified hotel to which the entitlement relates is open for initial occupancy.
(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a) or any other law, due to the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the tourism and hotel industry, a municipality described by Section 351.152(2) is entitled to receive revenue as provided by Section 351.156 until the 12th anniversary of the date the qualified hotel to which the entitlement relates is open for initial occupancy if:
(1) the qualified hotel to which the entitlement relates is part of a qualified project that was commenced on or before March 15, 2020; and
(2) the entitlement of the municipality to receive revenue under Subsection (a) did not expire before the date prescribed by Subdivision (1) of this subsection.