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1		-	H.B. No. 4029
	1	+	By: Oliveira (Senate Sponsor - Lucio) H.B. No. 4029
	2	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 5, 2017;
	3	+	May 5, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural
	4	+	Resources & Economic Development; May 21, 2017, reported
	5	+	adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following
	6	+	vote: Yeas 7, Nays 2, 1 present not voting; May 21, 2017, sent to
	7	+	printer.)
	8	+	Click here to see the committee vote
	9	+	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 4029 By: Rodríguez
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	12	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	13		AN ACT
5	14		relating to the use of municipal hotel occupancy tax revenue by
6	15		certain municipalities.
7	16		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	17		SECTION 1. The heading to Section 351.1054, Tax Code, is
9	18		amended to read as follows:
10	19		Sec. 351.1054. ALLOCATION OF REVENUE: ELIGIBLE BARRIER
11	20		ISLAND COASTAL MUNICIPALITY [FOR ECOLOGICAL TOURISM AND SPACECRAFT
12	21		AND SPACEPORT ACTIVITIES BY CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES].
13	22		SECTION 2. Sections 351.1054(b) and (c), Tax Code, are
14	23		amended to read as follows:
15	24		(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, an
16	25		eligible barrier island coastal municipality may use revenue from
17	26		the municipal hotel occupancy tax for:
18	27		(1) promotional and event expenses for an ecological
19	28		tourism event, including an event for which the primary attraction
20	29		is traveling to an area of natural or ecological interest for the
21	30		purpose of observing and learning about wildlife and the area's
22	31		natural environment, if:
23	32		(A) a majority of the event's participants are
24	33		tourists; and
25	34		(B) the event substantially increases economic
26	35		activity at hotels and motels within or in the vicinity of the
27	36		municipality; [and]
28	37		(2) expenses directly related to:
29	38		(A) the acquisition of sites to observe
30	39		spacecraft and spaceport activities; and
31	40		(B) the construction, improvement, enlarging,
32	41		equipping, repairing, operation, and maintenance of facilities
33	42		utilized by hotel guests to observe and learn about spacecraft and
34	43		spaceport operations; and
35	44		(3) expenses directly related to the construction,
36	45		improvement, equipping, repairing, operation, and maintenance of
37	46		coastal sports facilities owned by the municipality, including boat
38	47		docks, boat ramps, and fishing piers used by hotel guests, if:
39	48		(A) the coastal sports facilities have been used
40	49		in the preceding calendar year a combined total of more than five
41	50		times for district, state, regional, or national sports tournaments
42	51		or events; and
43	52		(B) the majority of the events at the coastal
44	53		sports facilities are directly related to a sports tournament or
45	54		event in which the majority of participants are tourists who
46	55		substantially increase economic activity at hotels within or in the
47	56		vicinity of the municipality.
48	57		(c) A municipality may use for the purposes provided by
49	58		Subsections (b)(1), [and] (2), and (3) not more than the greater of:
50	59		(1) 15 percent of the hotel occupancy tax revenue
51	60		collected by the municipality; or
52	61		(2) the amount of tax received by the municipality at
53	62		the rate of one percent of the cost of a room.
54	63		SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
55	64		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
56	65		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
57	66		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
58	67		Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
59		-	______________________________ ______________________________
60		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
61		-	I certify that H.B. No. 4029 was passed by the House on May 4,
62		-	2017, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 4, 2 present, not
63		-	voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
64		-	No. 4029 on May 25, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 128, Nays 12,
65		-	2 present, not voting.
66		-	______________________________
67		-	Chief Clerk of the House
68		-	I certify that H.B. No. 4029 was passed by the Senate, with
69		-	amendments, on May 23, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 26, Nays
70		-	5.
71		-	______________________________
72		-	Secretary of the Senate
73		-	APPROVED: __________________
74		-	Date
75		-	__________________
76		-	Governor
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