Honorable Morgan Meyer, Chair, House Committee on Ways & Means
FROM:
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB4222 by Louderback (Relating to authorizing certain counties to impose a hotel occupancy tax, the applicability and rates of that tax in certain counties, and the use of revenue from that tax.), As Introduced
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
Local Government Impact
The bill would authorize the commissioners court of a county with a population of more than 90,000, is located adjacent to a bay connected to the Gulf of Mexico, and contains a portion of the Guadalupe River to impose a county hotel occupancy tax at rates specified in the bill. A county to which the provisions of the bill apply would be authorized to use the county hotel occupancy tax revenue for costs related to airport repairs.