84R8867 CBH-F
By: Taylor of Collin S.B. No. 1029
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of certain municipalities to undertake a
qualified hotel project.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2303.003(8), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(8) "Qualified hotel project" means:
(A) a hotel proposed to be constructed by a
municipality or a nonprofit municipally sponsored local government
corporation created under the Texas Transportation Corporation
Act, Chapter 431, Transportation Code, that is within 1,000 feet of
a convention center owned by a municipality having a population of
1,500,000 or more, including shops, parking facilities, and any
other facilities ancillary to the hotel; [and]
(B) a hotel proposed to be constructed,
remodeled, or rehabilitated by a municipality or a nonprofit
municipally sponsored local government corporation created under
the Texas Transportation Corporation Act, Chapter 431,
Transportation Code, that is within 3,000 feet of the property line
of a convention center owned by a municipality having a population
of more than 500,000 and that borders the United Mexican States; and
(C) a hotel, including a privately owned hotel
adjoining a convention center owned by a political subdivision of
this state, proposed to be constructed by or in conjunction with a
municipality having a population of more than 145,000 that is
located within 50 miles of this state's border with Oklahoma, or by
a nonprofit municipally sponsored local government corporation
created under the Texas Transportation Corporation Act, Chapter
431, Transportation Code, by that municipality, including shops,
parking facilities, and any other facilities ancillary to the
hotel.
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.