By: Zwiener H.B. No. 4158
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. Subchapter B, Chapter 351, Tax Code, is amended
by adding Section 351.10692 to read as follows:
Sec. 351.10692. ALLOCATION OF REVENUE: CERTAIN
MUNICIPALITIES. (a) This section applies only to a municipality
that has applied for or received International Dark Sky Community
designation.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a
municipality to which this section applies may use revenue from the
municipal hotel occupancy tax for the promotion and preservation of
dark skies through construction and maintenance of infrastructure
that reduces light pollution and sky glow.
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.