81R5795 KLA-F
By: Hunter H.B. No. 2251
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the use of state hotel occupancy tax revenue to clean
and maintain beaches in certain municipalities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 156.2512(c)(1), Tax Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(1) "Eligible barrier island coastal municipality"
means a municipality that is located wholly or partly on a barrier
island and:
(A) that borders on the Gulf of Mexico; or
(B) [that is located wholly or partly on a
barrier island; and
[(C)] the boundaries of which [are within 30
miles of the United Mexican States or] include a portion of a
national seashore.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect on the first day of the
first month beginning on or after the earliest date on which this
Act may take effect if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the
members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article
III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote
necessary for effect on that date, this Act takes effect September
1, 2009.