84R9398 ADM-F
By: Clardy H.B. No. 1964
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the definition of "eligible central municipality" for
purposes of the municipal hotel occupancy tax.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 351.001(7), Tax Code, is amended to read
as follows:
(7) "Eligible central municipality" means:
(A) a municipality with a population of more than
140,000 but less than 1.5 million that is located in a county with a
population of one million or more and that has adopted a capital
improvement plan for the expansion of an existing convention center
facility; [or]
(B) a municipality with a population of 250,000
or more that:
(i) is located wholly or partly on a barrier
island that borders the Gulf of Mexico;
(ii) is located in a county with a
population of 300,000 or more; and
(iii) has adopted a capital improvement
plan to expand an existing convention center facility; or
(C) a municipality with a population of less than
50,000 that contains a general academic teaching institution that
is not a component institution of a university system, as those
terms are defined by Section 61.003, Education Code.
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, 2015.