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| 1 | - | H.B. No. 2272 | |
| 1 | + | By: Guillen (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) H.B. No. 2272 | |
| 2 | + | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2019; | |
| 3 | + | May 13, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural | |
| 4 | + | Resources & Economic Development; May 16, 2019, reported favorably | |
| 5 | + | by the following vote: Yeas 10, Nays 0, 1 present not voting; | |
| 6 | + | May 16, 2019, sent to printer.) | |
| 7 | + | Click here to see the committee vote | |
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| 10 | + | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 4 | 11 | AN ACT | |
| 5 | 12 | relating to the county hotel occupancy tax rate in certain | |
| 6 | 13 | counties. | |
| 7 | 14 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 8 | 15 | SECTION 1. Section 352.003(c), Tax Code, is amended to read | |
| 9 | 16 | as follows: | |
| 10 | - | (c) The rate in a county that does not have a m | |
| 11 | - | unicipality | |
| 17 | + | (c) The rate in a county that does not have a municipality | |
| 12 | 18 | may not exceed four percent of the price paid for a room in a hotel. | |
| 13 | 19 | This subsection does not apply to: | |
| 14 | 20 | (1) a county that[: | |
| 15 | 21 | [(1)] has a population of 10,000 or more and [; and | |
| 16 | 22 | [(2)] borders the United Mexican States; or | |
| 17 | 23 | (2) a county that borders three counties, each of | |
| 18 | 24 | which borders the United Mexican States. | |
| 19 | 25 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 20 | 26 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 21 | 27 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 22 | 28 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 23 | 29 | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | |
| 24 | - | ______________________________ ______________________________ | |
| 25 | - | President of the Senate Speaker of the House | |
| 26 | - | I certify that H.B. No. 2272 was passed by the House on May 3, | |
| 27 | - | 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 108, Nays 32, 2 present, not | |
| 28 | - | voting. | |
| 29 | - | ______________________________ | |
| 30 | - | Chief Clerk of the House | |
| 31 | - | I certify that H.B. No. 2272 was passed by the Senate on May | |
| 32 | - | 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 25, Nays 6. | |
| 33 | - | ______________________________ | |
| 34 | - | Secretary of the Senate | |
| 35 | - | APPROVED: _____________________ | |
| 36 | - | Date | |
| 37 | - | _____________________ | |
| 38 | - | Governor | |
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