By: King of Uvalde (Senate Sponsor - Flores, Lucio) H.B. No. 2199
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2019;
May 7, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural
Resources & Economic Development; May 17, 2019, reported
adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following
vote: Yeas 11, Nays 0; May 17, 2019, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 2199 By: RodrÃguez
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the use of municipal hotel occupancy tax revenue in
certain municipalities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 351.1066(a), Tax Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) This section applies only to:
(1) a municipality with a population of at least 3,500
but less than 5,500 that is the county seat of a county with a
population of less than 50,000 that borders a county with a
population of more than 1.6 million;
(2) a municipality with a population of at least 2,900
but less than 3,500 that is the county seat of a county with a
population of less than 22,000 that is bordered by the Trinity River
and includes a state park and a portion of a wildlife management
area;
(3) a municipality with a population of at least 7,500
that is located in a county that borders the Pecos River and that
has a population of not more than 15,000;
(4) a municipality with a population of not more than
5,000 that is located in a county through which the Frio River flows
and an interstate highway crosses, and that has a population of at
least 15,000; [and]
(5) a municipality with a population of not less than
7,500 that is located in a county with a population of not less than
40,000 but less than 250,000 that is adjacent to a county with a
population of less than 750;
(6) a municipality that is the county seat of a county
with a population of at least 8,500 and that county contains part of
the Chaparral Wildlife Management Area; and
(7) a municipality that has a population of not more
than 25,000, that contains a cultural heritage museum, and that is
located in a county that borders the United Mexican States and the
Gulf of Mexico.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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