Texas 2019 86th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3356 Introduced / Bill

Filed 03/06/2019

                    86R11762 SRA-F
 By: Bucy H.B. No. 3356


 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 351.101, Tax Code, is amended by adding
 Subsection (q) to read as follows:
 (q)  In addition to the purposes provided by Subsection (a),
 a municipality with a population of more than 48,000 but less than
 95,000 that is located in two counties, one of which has a
 population of at least 900,000 but less than 1.7 million, may use
 revenue from the municipal hotel occupancy tax to promote tourism
 and the convention and hotel industry by constructing, improving,
 equipping, repairing, maintaining, operating, or expanding a
 coliseum or multiuse facility if the majority of the events at the
 coliseum or facility attract tourists who substantially increase
 economic activity at hotels in the municipality.
 SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
 Act takes effect September 1, 2019.