By: Longoria (Senate Sponsor - LaMantia) H.B. No. 4565

(In the Senate - Received from the House May 3, 2023; May 4, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources & Economic Development; May 19, 2023, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 1; May 19, 2023, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 4565 By: Hughes

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the authority of certain municipalities to use hotel occupancy tax revenue for certain venue projects.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 334.0082, Local Government Code, is amended by adding Subsections (d) and (e) to read as follows:

(d) Notwithstanding Subsection (a) and subject to this subsection, this section also applies to a municipality that has a population of at least 70,000 but not more than 180,000 and that is located in a county that borders the United Mexican States and the Gulf of Mexico. A municipality described by this subsection may impose a tax as authorized under Subsection (b)(2) only to finance a convention center constructed before January 1, 2023. The authority of the municipality to impose the tax as authorized under Subsection (b)(2) expires on the earlier of:

(1) the date the debt issued for the convention center described by this subsection is repaid; or

(2) January 1, 2054.

(e) Subsection (d) and this subsection expire January 1, 2054.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.

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