H.B. No. 3356
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.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3356 was passed by the House on May 7,
2019, by the following vote: Yeas 116, Nays 30, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3356 was passed by the Senate on May
17, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 25, Nays 6.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor