Honorable Morgan Meyer, Chair, House Committee on Ways & Means
FROM:
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB3169 by Bumgarner (relating to the authority of certain municipalities to use certain tax revenue derived from a hotel and convention center project.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for HB3169, Committee Report 1st House, Substituted: an impact of $0 through the biennium ending August 31, 2027.
However, there would be a negative impact beginning in fiscal year 2030 and continuing for 10 years.
General Revenue-Related Funds, Five- Year Impact:
Fiscal Year
Probable Net Positive/(Negative) Impact to General Revenue Related Funds
2026
$0
2027
$0
2028
$0
2029
$0
2030
($679,000)
All Funds, Five-Year Impact:
Fiscal Year
Probable Revenue Gain/(Loss) from General Revenue Fund 1
2026
$0
2027
$0
2028
$0
2029
$0
2030
($679,000)
Fiscal Analysis
The bill would add a municipality that has a population of more than 130,000 but less than 1.3 million and is located in three counties, each of which has a population of more than 900,000, to the list of municipalities that are entitled to receive certain tax revenue derived from a hotel and convention center project and to pledge certain revenue for the payment of obligations related to the project.
Methodology
The bill's provisions would affect the city of Carrollton.
Carrollton would be entitled to receive from the qualified hotel and each restaurant, bar, and retail establishment located in or connected to the hotel or the related qualified convention center facility, the state sales and use tax and the state hotel occupancy tax. Carrollton would be entitled to receive the revenue until the tenth anniversary of the date the qualified hotel to which the entitlement relates is open for initial occupancy.
The city of Carrollton has plans for a qualified hotel and avail itself of the tax rebates under section 351.156 of the Tax Code should eligibility be acquired through this legislation. The estimate is based on a projected opening date of September 1, 2029, or state fiscal year 2030, a comparison and review of revenues paid to the owners of extant qualified hotel projects, and estimated attributes of such prospective hotel.
Local Government Impact
Carrollton would be entitled to receive from the qualified hotel and each restaurant, bar, and retail establishment located in or connected to the hotel or the related qualified convention center facility, the state sales and use tax and the state hotel occupancy tax. Carrollton would be entitled to receive the revenue until the tenth anniversary of the date the qualified hotel to which the entitlement relates is open for initial occupancy.