Texas 2011 82nd Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB804 Enrolled / Bill

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                    S.B. No. 804


 AN ACT
 relating to the use of revenue from the hotel occupancy tax by
 certain counties.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Section 352.1033, Tax Code, is amended by
 amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read
 as follows:
 (a)  Subject to Subsection (c), the [The] revenue from a tax
 imposed under this chapter by a county that borders the Gulf of
 Mexico authorized to impose the tax by Section 352.002(a)(6) may be
 used only to:
 (1)  clean public beaches;
 (2)  acquire, furnish, or maintain facilities,
 including parks, that enhance public access to beaches;
 (3)  provide and maintain public restrooms on or
 adjacent to beaches or beach access facilities;
 (4)  provide and maintain litter containers on or
 adjacent to beaches or beach access facilities;
 (5)  create, renovate, promote, and maintain parks
 adjacent to bays, rivers, and other navigable waterways if the
 county does not operate a public beach on the Gulf of Mexico; and
 (6)  advertise and conduct solicitations and
 promotional programs to attract tourists and convention delegates
 or registrants to the county or its vicinity, any of which may be
 conducted by the county or through contracts with persons or
 organizations selected by the county.
 (c)  In addition to the uses allowed by Subsection (a), a
 county authorized to impose a tax under this chapter by Section
 352.002(a)(6) that has a population of 50,000 or less and in which
 there is located at least one state park and one national wildlife
 refuge may use the revenue from the tax to:
 (1)  acquire, construct, furnish, or maintain
 facilities, such as aquariums, birding centers and viewing sites,
 history and art centers, and nature centers and trails;
 (2)  advertise and conduct solicitations and
 promotional programs to attract conventions and visitors; and
 (3)  provide and maintain public restrooms and litter
 containers on public land in an area that is a tourism venue.
 (d)  The limitation prescribed by Subsection (b) does not
 apply to the use of revenue from a tax imposed under this chapter by
 a county to which Subsection (c) applies.
 SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately 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 immediate effect, this
 Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
 ______________________________ ______________________________
 President of the Senate Speaker of the House
 I hereby certify that S.B. No. 804 passed the Senate on
 April 7, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that
 the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 25, 2011, by the
 following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 ______________________________
 Secretary of the Senate
 I hereby certify that S.B. No. 804 passed the House, with
 amendment, on May 23, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 142,
 Nays 0, one present not voting.
 ______________________________
 Chief Clerk of the House
 Approved:
 ______________________________
 Date
 ______________________________
 Governor