83R19834 CJC-D
By: Paddie, N. Gonzalez of El Paso H.B. No. 3475
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3475:
By: Hilderbran C.S.H.B. No. 3475
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to information relating to hotel occupancy tax receipts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 403, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 403.01155 to read as follows:
Sec. 403.01155. PUBLICATION OF CERTAIN REPORTS PROHIBITED.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the
comptroller may not publish a report that reveals the gross or
taxable receipts of a hotel that remits to the state taxes imposed
under Chapter 156, Tax Code.
(b) The information described by Subsection (a) is public
information, and this section does not affect the availability of
that information under Chapter 552.
(c) The comptroller shall establish procedures to enable
the electronic exchange of information described by Subsection (a)
with another state agency on request.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.