Honorable Morgan Meyer, Chair, House Committee on Ways & Means
FROM:
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB4926 by Wharton (relating to authorizing certain counties to impose a hotel occupancy tax and the use of revenue from that tax.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
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 less than 100,000 that borders the Navasota River and in which an annual renaissance festival is held to impose a county hotel occupancy tax, with some restrictions. The bill would establish rates and allowable uses of the revenue.