| 1 | 1 | | 81R23085 DAK-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Bohac H.B. No. 3343 |
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| 3 | 3 | | Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3343: |
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| 4 | 4 | | By: Rodriguez C.S.H.B. No. 3343 |
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| 5 | 5 | | |
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| 6 | 6 | | |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to county participation in the enterprise zone program. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Section 2303.003(8), Government Code, is amended |
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| 12 | 12 | | to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (8) "Qualified hotel project" means a hotel proposed |
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| 14 | 14 | | to be constructed by a municipality, a county, or a nonprofit |
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| 15 | 15 | | municipally sponsored or county-sponsored local government |
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| 16 | 16 | | corporation created under the Texas Transportation Corporation |
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| 17 | 17 | | Act, Chapter 431, Transportation Code, that is within 1,000 feet of |
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| 18 | 18 | | a convention center owned by a municipality having a population of |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1,500,000 or more or a county having a population of 3.3 million or |
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| 20 | 20 | | more, as appropriate, including shops, parking facilities, and any |
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| 21 | 21 | | other facilities ancillary to the hotel. |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 2. Section 2303.505(a), Government Code, is amended |
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| 23 | 23 | | to read as follows: |
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| 24 | 24 | | (a) To encourage the development of areas designated as |
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| 25 | 25 | | enterprise zones, the governing body of a municipality or county |
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| 26 | 26 | | through a program may refund its local sales and use taxes paid by a |
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| 27 | 27 | | qualified business on all taxable items purchased for use at the |
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| 28 | 28 | | qualified business site related to the project or activity. |
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| 29 | 29 | | SECTION 3. Section 2303.505(a), Government Code, as amended |
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| 30 | 30 | | by this Act, applies only to the refund of local sales and use taxes |
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| 31 | 31 | | paid on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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