88R13377 CJD-F
 
  By: Longoria H.B. No. 4563
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the authority of certain municipalities to authorize
  and finance certain venue projects and to use municipal hotel
  occupancy tax revenue for certain of those projects; authorizing
  the imposition of a tax.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 334.0082(a), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies only to a municipality that:
               (1)  has a population of at least 176,000 that borders
  the Rio Grande, and that approved a sports and community venue
  project before January 1, 2009; [or]
               (2)  is located in a county adjacent to the
  Texas-Mexico border if:
                     (A)  the county has a population of at least
  500,000;
                     (B)  the county does not have a city located
  within it that has a population of at least 500,000; and
                     (C)  the municipality is the largest municipality
  in the county described by this subdivision; or
               (3)  has a population of not more than 25,000, that
  contains a cultural heritage museum, and that is located in a county
  that borders the United Mexican States and the Gulf of Mexico.
         SECTION 2.  Section 351.001(7), Tax Code, is amended to read
  as follows:
               (7)  "Eligible central municipality" means:
                     (A)  a municipality with a population of more than
  140,000 but less than 1.5 million that is located in a county with a
  population of one million or more and that has adopted a capital
  improvement plan for the construction or expansion of a convention
  center facility;
                     (B)  a municipality with a population of 250,000
  or more that:
                           (i)  is located wholly or partly on a barrier
  island that borders the Gulf of Mexico;
                           (ii)  is located in a county with a
  population of 300,000 or more; and
                           (iii)  has adopted a capital improvement
  plan to expand an existing convention center facility;
                     (C)  a municipality with a population of 116,000
  or more that:
                           (i)  is located in two counties both of which
  have a population of 660,000 or more; and
                           (ii)  has adopted a capital improvement plan
  for the construction or expansion of a convention center facility;
                     (D)  a municipality with a population of less than
  50,000 that contains a general academic teaching institution that
  is not a component institution of a university system, as those
  terms are defined by Section 61.003, Education Code; [or]
                     (E)  a municipality with a population of 640,000
  or more that:
                           (i)  is located on an international border;
  and
                           (ii)  has adopted a capital improvement plan
  for the construction or expansion of a convention center facility;
  or
                     (F)  a municipality that has a population of not
  more than 25,000, that contains a cultural heritage museum, and
  that is located in a county that borders the United Mexican States
  and the Gulf of Mexico.
         SECTION 3.  Section 351.003, Tax Code, is amended by adding
  Subsection (g) to read as follows:
         (g)  The rate in a municipality described by Section
  351.001(7)(F) may not exceed nine percent of the price paid for a
  room. The municipality shall allocate for the construction,
  expansion, maintenance, financing, operation, or debt service of a
  convention center or multiuse facility all revenue received by the
  municipality that is derived from the application of the tax at a
  rate of more than seven percent of the price paid for a room in a
  hotel.
         SECTION 4.  Section 351.101, Tax Code, is amended by adding
  Subsection (t) to read as follows:
         (t)  In addition to other authorized uses, a municipality
  described by Section 351.001(7)(F) may use revenue from the
  municipal hotel occupancy tax to pay costs associated with the
  construction, expansion, maintenance, financing, operation, or
  debt service of a convention center or multiuse facility.
         SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2023.