H.B. No. 1034
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to authorizing certain counties to impose a hotel
  occupancy tax and the use of revenue from that tax.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 352.002, Tax Code, is amended by adding
  Subsection (w) to read as follows:
         (w)  The commissioners court of a county with a population of
  more than 65,000 that contains a portion of a national grassland may
  impose a tax as provided by Subsection (a).
         SECTION 2.  Section 352.003, Tax Code, is amended by adding
  Subsection (bb) to read as follows:
         (bb)  The tax rate in a county authorized to impose the tax
  under Section 352.002(w) may not exceed two percent of the price
  paid for a room in a hotel.
         SECTION 3.  Subchapter B, Chapter 352, Tax Code, is amended
  by adding Section 352.115 to read as follows:
         Sec. 352.115.  USE OF REVENUE: CERTAIN COUNTIES CONTAINING
  NATIONAL GRASSLAND. In addition to the purposes authorized by this
  chapter, the revenue from a tax imposed under this chapter by a
  county authorized to impose the tax under Section 352.002(w) may be
  used for:
               (1)  the purposes described by Section 352.112; and
               (2)  historical preservation and restoration.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1034 was passed by the House on April
  28, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 110, Nays 34, 2 present, not
  voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
  No. 1034 on May 24, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 128, Nays 15,
  1 present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1034 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 18, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 24, Nays
  7.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor