| 1 | 1 | | By: Hinojosa S.B. No. 977 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (Torres) |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the imposition and use of the municipal hotel occupancy |
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| 8 | 8 | | tax by certain eligible central municipalities. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subdivision (7), Section 351.001, Tax Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (7) "Eligible central municipality" means: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (A) a municipality with a population of more than |
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| 14 | 14 | | 140,000 but less than 1.5 million that is located in a county with a |
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| 15 | 15 | | population of one million or more and that has adopted a capital |
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| 16 | 16 | | improvement plan for the expansion of an existing convention center |
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| 17 | 17 | | facility; or |
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| 18 | 18 | | (B) a municipality with a population of 250,000 |
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| 19 | 19 | | or more that: |
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| 20 | 20 | | (i) is located wholly or partly on a barrier |
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| 21 | 21 | | island that borders the Gulf of Mexico; |
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| 22 | 22 | | (ii) is located in a county with a |
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| 23 | 23 | | population of 300,000 or more; and |
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| 24 | 24 | | (iii) has adopted a capital improvement |
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| 25 | 25 | | plan to expand an existing convention center facility. |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 27 | 27 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 28 | 28 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 29 | 29 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 30 | 30 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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