LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 88TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

April 12, 2023

TO:	Honorable Brian Birdwell, Chair, Senate Committee on Natural Resources & Economic Development
FROM:	Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	SB1809 by Sparks (relating to the authority of certain counties to impose a hotel occupancy tax and the applicability and rates of that tax in certain counties.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would amend Chapter 352 of the Tax Code, regarding county hotel occupancy taxes.

The bill would amend Section 352.002 by adding Subsection (v) to authorize the commissioner's court of a county with a population of less than 3,000, that does not border another state, and that is adjacent to a county that contains a portion of Lake Meredith and has a population of more than 110,000 to impose a hotel occupancy tax.

The bill would amend Section 352.003 by adding Subsection (bb) to state that the tax rate in a county authorized to impose the tax under Section 352.002(v) may not exceed 7.0 percent of the price of a room and that it may not exceed 2.0 percent if the hotel is located a municipality that imposes a municipal hotel occupancy tax or the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality that imposes a municipal hotel occupancy tax.

The bill would have no state revenue implications.

Local Government Impact

This bill would affect Armstrong County.

Source Agencies:

LBB Staff:

JMc, MOc, BRI, SD, KK