| 1 | | - | H.B. No. 3356 |
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| 1 | + | By: Bucy (Senate Sponsor - Schwertner) H.B. No. 3356 |
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| 2 | + | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 8, 2019; |
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| 3 | + | May 13, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural |
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| 4 | + | Resources & Economic Development; May 16, 2019, reported favorably |
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| 5 | + | by the following vote: Yeas 11, Nays 0; May 16, 2019, sent to |
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| 6 | + | printer.) |
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| 7 | + | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 4 | 11 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 12 | | relating to the use of municipal hotel occupancy tax revenue in |
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| 6 | 13 | | certain municipalities. |
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| 7 | 14 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 15 | | SECTION 1. Section 351.101, Tax Code, is amended by adding |
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| 9 | 16 | | Subsection (q) to read as follows: |
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| 10 | 17 | | (q) In addition to the purposes provided by Subsection (a), |
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| 11 | 18 | | a municipality with a population of more than 48,000 but less than |
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| 12 | 19 | | 95,000 that is located in two counties, one of which has a |
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| 13 | 20 | | population of at least 900,000 but less than 1.7 million, may use |
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| 14 | 21 | | revenue from the municipal hotel occupancy tax to promote tourism |
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| 15 | 22 | | and the convention and hotel industry by constructing, improving, |
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| 16 | 23 | | equipping, repairing, maintaining, operating, or expanding a |
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| 17 | 24 | | coliseum or multiuse facility if the majority of the events at the |
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| 18 | 25 | | coliseum or facility attract tourists who substantially increase |
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| 19 | 26 | | economic activity at hotels in the municipality. |
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| 20 | 27 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 21 | 28 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 22 | 29 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 23 | 30 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 24 | 31 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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| 25 | | - | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 26 | | - | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 27 | | - | I certify that H.B. No. 3356 was passed by the House on May 7, |
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| 28 | | - | 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 116, Nays 30, 2 present, not |
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| 29 | | - | voting. |
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| 30 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 31 | | - | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 32 | | - | I certify that H.B. No. 3356 was passed by the Senate on May |
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| 33 | | - | 17, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 25, Nays 6. |
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| 34 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 35 | | - | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 36 | | - | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 37 | | - | Date |
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| 38 | | - | _____________________ |
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| 39 | | - | Governor |
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| 32 | + | * * * * * |
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