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By: Ashby (Senate Sponsor - Nichols) |
H.B. No. 5178 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House May 3, 2023; |
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May 5, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural |
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Resources & Economic Development; May 18, 2023, reported favorably |
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by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0, one present not voting; |
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May 18, 2023, sent to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to authorizing certain counties to impose a hotel |
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occupancy tax and the applicability of that tax in certain |
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counties. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 352.002, Tax Code, is amended by adding |
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Subsection (ee) to read as follows: |
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(ee) The commissioner's court of a county that has a |
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population of 80,000 or more and that contains a portion of the |
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Angelina National Forest may impose a tax as provided by Subsection |
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(a). A tax imposed under this subsection does not apply to a hotel |
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located in a municipality that imposes a tax under Chapter 351 |
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applicable to the hotel. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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