Honorable Phil King, Chair, Senate Committee on Economic Development
FROM:
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
SB2565 by West (Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to receive certain tax revenue derived from a hotel and convention center project and to pledge certain tax revenue for the payment of obligations related to the project.), As Introduced
Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for SB2565, As Introduced: an impact of $0 through the biennium ending August 31, 2027.
However, there would be a negative impact of ($2,614,000) in the biennium ending August 31, 2029. The negative impact would begin in fiscal year 2028 and continue 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
($1,281,000)
2029
($1,333,000)
2030
($1,386,000)
All Funds, Five-Year Impact:
Fiscal Year
Probable Revenue Gain/(Loss) from General Revenue Fund 1
2026
$0
2027
$0
2028
($1,281,000)
2029
($1,333,000)
2030
($1,386,000)
Fiscal Analysis
The bill would add a municipality with a population of 240,000 or more that borders a man-made lake that has a surface area of more than 20,000 acres, 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 cities of Garland and Austin.
Garland and Austin 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 and the revenue derived from the state sales and use taxes, and local mixed beverage taxes generated, paid, and collected from a qualified establishment. Garland and Austin 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 Garland has plans for a qualified hotel with the additional entitlement from restaurants, bars, retail establishments, swimming pools and swimming facilities as provided under Section 351.157 of the Tax Code 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 August 31, 2027, a comparison and review of revenues paid to the owners of extant qualified hotel projects, and estimated attributes of such prospective hotel.
The city of Austin does not currently have plans for a qualified hotel with the additional entitlement from restaurants, bars, retail establishments, swimming pools and swimming facilities as provided under Section 351.157 and it is unlikely that the city would commence a project before the September 1, 2027. Due to Section 351.157(e), which requires a municipality to commence a project before September 1, 2027, to receive additional entitlements from restaurants, bars, retail establishments, swimming pools and swimming facilities as provided under Section 351.157, and the fact that Austin is already eligible to receive funds under Section 351.156, there would be no fiscal impact to the state from the city of Austin due to the provisions of this bill.
Local Government Impact
Garland and Austin 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 and the revenue derived from the state sales and use taxes, and local mixed beverage taxes generated, paid, and collected from a qualified establishment.