By: Hinojosa S.B. No. 1684
(In the Senate - Filed March 10, 2009; March 20, 2009, read
first time and referred to Committee on Economic Development;
April 7, 2009, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 5,
Nays 0; April 7, 2009, sent to printer.)
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. Subdivision (1), Subsection (c), Section
156.2512, Tax Code, is amended to read as follows:
(1) "Eligible barrier island coastal municipality"
means a municipality:
(A) that borders on the Gulf of Mexico;
(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:
(i) a portion of a national seashore; or
(ii) a national estuarine research reserve.
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.
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