LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 85TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION March 27, 2017 TO: Honorable Dennis Bonnen, Chair, House Committee on Ways & Means FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB1529 by Lambert (Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to pledge certain tax revenue for the payment of obligations related to hotel projects.), As Introduced Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for HB1529, As Introduced: an impact of $0 through the biennium ending August 31, 2019.However, there would be a negative impact of ($1,150,000) through the biennium ending August 31, 2021. LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 85TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION March 27, 2017 TO: Honorable Dennis Bonnen, Chair, House Committee on Ways & Means FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB1529 by Lambert (Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to pledge certain tax revenue for the payment of obligations related to hotel projects.), As Introduced TO: Honorable Dennis Bonnen, Chair, House Committee on Ways & Means FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE: HB1529 by Lambert (Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to pledge certain tax revenue for the payment of obligations related to hotel projects.), As Introduced Honorable Dennis Bonnen, Chair, House Committee on Ways & Means Honorable Dennis Bonnen, Chair, House Committee on Ways & Means Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board HB1529 by Lambert (Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to pledge certain tax revenue for the payment of obligations related to hotel projects.), As Introduced HB1529 by Lambert (Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to pledge certain tax revenue for the payment of obligations related to hotel projects.), As Introduced Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for HB1529, As Introduced: an impact of $0 through the biennium ending August 31, 2019.However, there would be a negative impact of ($1,150,000) through the biennium ending August 31, 2021. Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for HB1529, As Introduced: an impact of $0 through the biennium ending August 31, 2019.However, there would be a negative impact of ($1,150,000) through the biennium ending August 31, 2021. General Revenue-Related Funds, Five-Year Impact: Fiscal Year Probable Net Positive/(Negative) Impact to General Revenue Related Funds 2018 $0 2019 $0 2020 ($450,000) 2021 ($700,000) 2022 ($730,000) 2018 $0 2019 $0 2020 ($450,000) 2021 ($700,000) 2022 ($730,000) All Funds, Five-Year Impact: Fiscal Year Probable Revenue (Loss) fromGeneral Revenue Fund1 2018 $0 2019 $0 2020 ($450,000) 2021 ($700,000) 2022 ($730,000) Fiscal Year Probable Revenue (Loss) fromGeneral Revenue Fund1 2018 $0 2019 $0 2020 ($450,000) 2021 ($700,000) 2022 ($730,000) 2018 $0 2019 $0 2020 ($450,000) 2021 ($700,000) 2022 ($730,000) Fiscal Analysis The bill would amend Section 351.102 of the Tax Code regarding the pledge of municipal hotel tax revenue to certain bonds and entitlement of certain municipalities to state tax revenue associated with certain hotel projects. The bill would amend Subsections (b), (c) and (d) and add new Subsection (e) to extend the application of the Section to a municipality with a population of at least 110,000 but not more than 135,000 at least part of which is located in a county with a population of not more than 135,000. The bill would take effect immediately upon enactment, assuming that it received the requisite two-thirds majority votes in both houses of the Legislature. Otherwise it would take effect September 1, 2017. Methodology The City of Abilene currently has planned a 200 room hotel, not expected to be operational before January 2020. The City of Midland recently approved plans for a new convention center to be completed in 2018; whether it is probable that an associated hotel will be added has not yet been ascertained. The cities of Abilene and Midland would be entitled to state sales tax and state hotel tax associated with a qualified hotel project under Section 151.429(h) of the Tax Code via Sections 351.102(b) and (c) of the Tax Code. Such funds must be deposited in a suspense account outside the state treasury to be paid to the owner of a qualified hotel project. This estimate is based on the planned or assumed room size of the prospective hotels, assumed average nightly room rates and annual average occupancy rate, an incremental gain in room nights sold in the state, and the ratio of state sales tax to hotel tax revenues paid to the owners of the extant qualified hotel projects. In fiscal 2016, a total of $12,135,272 in state tax revenue was allocated for qualified hotel projects in the cities of Dallas, Fort Worth, and San Antonio. Local Government Impact The cities of Abilene and Midland would be entitled to state sales tax and state hotel tax associated with a qualified hotel project Source Agencies: 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts LBB Staff: UP, KK, SZ, SD UP, KK, SZ, SD