Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

Texas House Bill HB2788 Compare Versions

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1	1	86R9333 SMT-F
2	2	By: Paul H.B. No. 2788
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the use of hotel occupancy tax revenue by certain
8	8	municipalities, including the authority to pledge certain revenue
9	9	for the payment of obligations related to hotel projects.
10	10	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. Section 351.101, Tax Code, is amended by adding
12	12	Subsection (q) to read as follows:
13	13	(q) In addition to the purposes provided by Subsections (a)
14	14	and (e), a municipality described by Section 351.102(e)(13) may use
15	15	revenue from the hotel occupancy tax for the construction,
16	16	improvement, enlarging, equipping, renovating, repairing,
17	17	operation, and maintenance of a coliseum or multiuse facility and
18	18	related infrastructure or a venue, as defined by Section
19	19	334.001(4), Local Government Code, that is related to the promotion
20	20	of tourism, including a hotel, resort, or convention center
21	21	facility located on land owned by the municipality or a nonprofit
22	22	corporation acting on behalf of the municipality.
23	23	SECTION 2. Sections 351.102(e) and (g), Tax Code, are
24	24	amended to read as follows:
25	25	(e) In addition to the municipalities described by
26	26	Subsection (b), that subsection also applies to:
27	27	(1) a municipality with a population of at least
28	28	110,000 but not more than 135,000 at least part of which is located
29	29	in a county with a population of not more than 135,000;
30	30	(2) a municipality with a population of at least 9,000
31	31	but not more than 10,000 that is located in two counties, each of
32	32	which has a population of at least 662,000 and a southern border
33	33	with a county with a population of 2.3 million or more;
34	34	(3) a municipality with a population of at least
35	35	200,000 but not more than 300,000 that contains a component
36	36	institution of the Texas Tech University System;
37	37	(4) a municipality with a population of at least
38	38	95,000 that borders Lake Lewisville;
39	39	(5) a municipality that:
40	40	(A) contains a portion of Cedar Hill State Park;
41	41	(B) has a population of more than 45,000;
42	42	(C) is located in two counties, one of which has a
43	43	population of more than two million and one of which has a
44	44	population of more than 149,000; and
45	45	(D) has adopted a capital improvement plan for
46	46	the construction or expansion of a convention center facility;
47	47	(6) a municipality with a population of less than
48	48	6,000 that:
49	49	(A) is located in two counties each with a
50	50	population of 600,000 or more that are both adjacent to a county
51	51	with a population of two million or more;
52	52	(B) has full-time police and fire departments;
53	53	and
54	54	(C) has adopted a capital improvement plan for
55	55	the construction or expansion of a convention center facility;
56	56	(7) a municipality with a population of at least
57	57	56,000 that:
58	58	(A) borders Lake Ray Hubbard; and
59	59	(B) is located in two counties, one of which has a
60	60	population of less than 80,000;
61	61	(8) a municipality with a population of more than
62	62	83,000, that borders Clear Lake, and that is primarily located in a
63	63	county with a population of less than 300,000;
64	64	(9) a municipality with a population of less than
65	65	2,000 that:
66	66	(A) is located adjacent to a bay connected to the
67	67	Gulf of Mexico;
68	68	(B) is located in a county with a population of
69	69	290,000 or more that is adjacent to a county with a population of
70	70	four million or more; and
71	71	(C) has a boardwalk on the bay;
72	72	(10) a municipality with a population of 75,000 or
73	73	more that:
74	74	(A) is located wholly in one county with a
75	75	population of 575,000 or more that is adjacent to a county with a
76	76	population of four million or more; and
77	77	(B) has adopted a capital improvement plan for
78	78	the construction or expansion of a convention center facility;
79	79	(11) a municipality with a population of less than
80	80	75,000 that is located in three counties, at least one of which has
81	81	a population of at least four million; [and]
82	82	(12) an eligible coastal municipality with a
83	83	population of more than 3,000 but less than 5,000; and
84	84	(13) a municipality with a population of more than
85	85	10,000 that:
86	86	(A) is wholly located in a county with a
87	87	population of four million or more; and
88	88	(B) has a city hall located less than three miles
89	89	from a space center operated by an agency of the federal government.
90	90	(g) A municipality to which this section applies may not
91	91	receive or pledge revenue or funds under Subsection (b) or (c) for a
92	92	hotel project unless the municipality enters into an agreement with
93	93	a person for the development of the hotel project before September
94	94	1, 2021 [2019].
95	95	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
96	96	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
97	97	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
98	98	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
99	99	Act takes effect September 1, 2019.