88R3827 CJD-F
 
  By: Menéndez S.B. No. 627
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the entitlement of certain municipalities to certain
  tax revenue related to a hotel and convention center project.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 351.153(a), Tax Code, is amended to read
  as follows:
         (a)  This section applies only to a municipality described by
  Section 351.152(5), (6), [351.152(6)] or (29).
         SECTION 2.  Section 351.156, Tax Code, is amended to read as
  follows:
         Sec. 351.156.  ENTITLEMENT TO CERTAIN TAX REVENUE. (a) For
  purposes of this section, a restaurant, bar, or retail
  establishment is connected to a qualified hotel or a related
  qualified convention center facility if the restaurant, bar, or
  retail establishment:
               (1)  shares an adjoining wall or roofline with the
  qualified hotel or the related qualified convention center
  facility;
               (2)  is joined with the qualified hotel or the related
  qualified convention center facility by an intervening structure
  with walls or a ceiling that allows for passage between buildings;
  or
               (3)  is located on a plot of land that:
                     (A)  shares a property boundary line with the plot
  of land on which the qualified hotel or the related qualified
  convention center facility is located; and
                     (B)  is developed as part of a qualified project
  of which the qualified hotel and the related qualified convention
  center facility are a part.
         (b)  Subject to Sections 351.155(e) and 351.158, a
  municipality is entitled to receive the revenue derived from the
  following taxes generated, paid, and collected by a qualified
  hotel, and each restaurant, bar, and retail establishment located
  in or connected to the hotel or the related qualified convention
  center facility, that is located in the municipality:
               (1)  the sales and use tax imposed under Chapter 151;
               (2)  the hotel occupancy tax imposed under Chapter 156;
  and
               (3)  if a political subdivision that is entitled to
  receive the revenue from the tax agrees in writing to the
  municipality receiving that revenue:
                     (A)  the sales and use tax imposed by the
  political subdivision under Chapter 322 or 323;
                     (B)  the hotel occupancy tax imposed by the
  political subdivision under Chapter 352; and
                     (C)  the mixed beverage tax issued under Section
  183.051.
         SECTION 3.  Sections 351.157(a), (b), and (c), Tax Code, are
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  In this section, "qualified establishment" means an
  establishment:
               (1)  that is located on land:
                     (A)  owned by a municipality; or
                     (B)  owned by:
                           (i)  any person if the establishment is
  located in a municipality described by Section 351.152(3) or (5);
  or
                           (ii) [owned by] the federal government if the
  establishment is located in a municipality described by Section
  351.152(6);
               (2)  the nearest exterior wall of which is located not
  more than 1,000 feet from the nearest exterior wall of a qualified
  hotel or qualified convention center facility;
               (3)  that is constructed:
                     (A)  on or after the date the municipality
  commences a qualified project under this subchapter; or
                     (B)  at any time if the establishment is located
  in a municipality described by Section 351.152(3);
               (4)  that is not a sports stadium; and
               (5)  that is the type of establishment described by
  Subsection (c) from which the municipality is entitled to receive
  revenue under Subsection (d).
         (b)  This section applies only to:
               (1)  a municipality described by Section 351.152(3);
               (1-a)  a municipality described by Section 351.152(5);
               (2)  a municipality described by Section 351.152(6);
               (3)  a municipality described by Section 351.152(7);
               (4)  a municipality described by Section 351.152(10);
               (4-a)  a municipality described by Section
  351.152(14);
               (5)  a municipality described by Section 351.152(16);
               (6)  a municipality described by Section 351.152(22);
               (7)  a municipality described by Section 351.152(25);
               (8)  a municipality described by Section 351.152(34);
               (9)  a municipality described by Section 351.152(35);
               (10)  a municipality described by Section 351.152(36);
               (11)  a municipality described by Section 351.152(38);
  and
               (12)  a municipality described by Section 351.152(43).
         (c)  A municipality is entitled to receive revenue under
  Subsection (d) derived from the following types of establishments
  that meet the requirements of Subsections (a)(1), (2), (3), and
  (4):
               (1)  for a municipality described by Subsection (b)(1):
                     (A)  restaurants, bars, and retail
  establishments; and
                     (B)  swimming pools and swimming facilities owned
  or operated by the related qualified hotel;
               (1-a)  for a municipality described by Subsection
  (b)(1-a):
                     (A)  restaurants, bars, spas, and retail
  establishments; and
                     (B)  swimming pools and swimming facilities owned
  or operated by the related qualified hotel;
               (2)  for a municipality described by Subsection (b)(2),
  swimming pools and swimming facilities, restaurants, bars, and
  retail establishments;
               (3)  for a municipality described by Subsection (b)(3),
  restaurants, bars, and retail establishments;
               (4)  for a municipality described by Subsection (b)(4):
                     (A)  restaurants, bars, and retail
  establishments; and
                     (B)  swimming pools and swimming facilities owned
  or operated by the related qualified hotel;
               (4-a)  for a municipality described by Subsection
  (b)(4-a):
                     (A)  restaurants, bars, and retail
  establishments; and
                     (B)  swimming pools and swimming facilities owned
  or operated by the related qualified hotel;
               (5)  for a municipality described by Subsection (b)(5),
  restaurants, bars, and retail establishments;
               (6)  for a municipality described by Subsection (b)(6),
  restaurants, bars, and retail establishments;
               (7)  for a municipality described by Subsection (b)(7),
  restaurants, bars, and retail establishments;
               (8)  for a municipality described by Subsection (b)(8),
  restaurants, bars, and retail establishments;
               (9)  for a municipality described by Subsection (b)(9),
  restaurants, bars, and retail establishments;
               (10)  for a municipality described by Subsection
  (b)(10):
                     (A)  restaurants, bars, and retail
  establishments; and
                     (B)  swimming pools and swimming facilities owned
  or operated by the related qualified hotel;
               (11)  for a municipality described by Subsection
  (b)(11):
                     (A)  restaurants, bars, and retail
  establishments; and
                     (B)  swimming pools and swimming facilities owned
  or operated by the related qualified hotel; and
               (12)  for a municipality described by Subsection
  (b)(12):
                     (A)  restaurants, bars, and retail
  establishments; and
                     (B)  swimming pools and swimming facilities owned
  or operated by the related qualified hotel.
         SECTION 4.  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.