Honorable Morgan Meyer, Chair, House Committee on Ways & Means
FROM:
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB3241 by Harris Davila (relating to the authority of certain municipalities to use certain tax revenue for hotel and convention center projects.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for HB3241, Committee Report 1st House, Substituted: an impact of $0 through the biennium ending August 31, 2027.
However, there would be a negative impact of ($675,000) in the biennium ending August 31, 2029. The impact would become negative in fiscal year 2028 and the negative impact would continue for ten 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
($331,000)
2029
($344,000)
2030
($358,000)
All Funds, Five-Year Impact:
Fiscal Year
Probable Revenue Gain/(Loss) from General Revenue Fund 1
2026
$0
2027
$0
2028
($331,000)
2029
($344,000)
2030
($358,000)
Fiscal Analysis
The bill would add a municipality that is the county seat of a county that has a population of 600,000 or more and is adjacent to the county that contains the State Capitol, 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 Georgetown.
Georgetown 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. Georgetown 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 Georgetown has plans for a qualified hotel and could avail itself of the tax rebates should eligibility be acquired through this legislation. The estimate is based on a projected opening date of September 1, 2027, or state fiscal year 2028, a comparison and review of revenues paid to the owners of extant qualified hotel projects, and planned attributes of such prospective hotel.
Local Government Impact
Georgetown 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. Georgetown 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.