LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
 
FISCAL NOTE, 89TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
 
April 30, 2025

TO:
Honorable Phil King, Chair, Senate Committee on Economic Development
 
FROM:
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
 
IN RE:
SB1703 by Parker (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 SB1703, 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. 

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. 


Source Agencies:
304 Comptroller of Public Accounts
LBB Staff:
JMc, RStu, SD, BRI