| 1 | 1 | | 82R25149 ALL-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Nichols S.B. No. 1185 |
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| 3 | 3 | | (Gooden) |
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| 4 | 4 | | Substitute the following for S.B. No. 1185: No. |
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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 the authority of certain counties to impose a hotel |
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| 10 | 10 | | occupancy tax for the operation and maintenance of a fairground in |
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| 11 | 11 | | the county. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Section 352.002, Tax Code, is amended by adding |
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| 14 | 14 | | Subsection (o) to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (o) The commissioners court of a county that has a |
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| 16 | 16 | | population of 65,000 or more and that is bordered by the Neches and |
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| 17 | 17 | | Trinity Rivers may impose a tax as provided by Subsection (a). |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 2. Section 352.003, Tax Code, is amended by adding |
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| 19 | 19 | | Subsection (n) to read as follows: |
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| 20 | 20 | | (n) The tax rate in a county authorized to impose the tax |
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| 21 | 21 | | under Section 352.002(o) may not exceed two percent of the price |
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| 22 | 22 | | paid for a room in a hotel. |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 3. Subchapter B, Chapter 352, Tax Code, is amended |
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| 24 | 24 | | by adding Section 352.1037 to read as follows: |
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| 25 | 25 | | Sec. 352.1037. USE OF REVENUE: CERTAIN COUNTIES BORDERING |
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| 26 | 26 | | NECHES AND TRINITY RIVERS. The revenue from a tax imposed under |
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| 27 | 27 | | this chapter by a county authorized to impose the tax under Section |
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| 28 | 28 | | 352.002(o) may be used only to operate and maintain a fairground in |
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| 29 | 29 | | the county that has a substantial impact on tourism and hotel |
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| 30 | 30 | | activity. |
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| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 32 | 32 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 33 | 33 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 34 | 34 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 35 | 35 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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