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1		-	H.B. No. 4158
	1	+	By: Zwiener, Biedermann H.B. No. 4158
	2	+	(Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini)
	3	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 13, 2019;
	4	+	May 14, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural
	5	+	Resources & Economic Development; May 17, 2019, reported favorably
	6	+	by the following vote: Yeas 11, Nays 0; May 17, 2019, sent to
	7	+	printer.)
	8	+	Click here to see the committee vote
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	11	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	12		AN ACT
5	13		relating to the use of municipal hotel occupancy tax revenue in
6	14		certain municipalities.
7	15		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	16		SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 351, Tax Code, is amended
9	17		by adding Section 351.10692 to read as follows:
10	18		Sec. 351.10692. ALLOCATION OF REVENUE: CERTAIN
11	19		MUNICIPALITIES. (a) This section applies only to a municipality
12	20		with a population of less than 2,000 located in a county that:
13	21		(1) is adjacent to the county in which the State
14	22		Capitol is located; and
15	23		(2) has a population of:
16	24		(A) not more than 25,000; or
17	25		(B) at least 100,000 but not more than 200,000.
18	26		(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a
19	27		municipality to which this section applies may use revenue from the
20	28		municipal hotel occupancy tax for the promotion and preservation of
21	29		dark skies through construction and maintenance of infrastructure
22	30		and the purchase and installation of hardware that reduces light
23	31		pollution and sky glow.
24	32		(c) A municipality that uses revenue from the municipal
25	33		hotel occupancy tax for a purpose described by Subsection (b):
26	34		(1) shall determine the amount of area hotel revenue
27	35		attributable to dark skies related events and activities for five
28	36		years after the date the municipality first uses hotel occupancy
29	37		tax revenue for a purpose described by Subsection (b); and
30	38		(2) may not spend municipal hotel occupancy tax
31	39		revenue for the purposes described by Subsection (b) in a total
32	40		amount that exceeds the amount determined under Subdivision (1).
33	41		(d) A municipality may not spend more than 25 percent of the
34	42		municipality's annual hotel occupancy tax revenue for a purpose
35	43		described by Subsection (b).
36	44		SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
37	45		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
38	46		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
39	47		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
40	48		Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
41		-	______________________________ ______________________________
42		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
43		-	I certify that H.B. No. 4158 was passed by the House on May
44		-	10, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 108, Nays 33, 2 present, not
45		-	voting.
46		-	______________________________
47		-	Chief Clerk of the House
48		-	I certify that H.B. No. 4158 was passed by the Senate on May
49		-	22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 25, Nays 6.
50		-	______________________________
51		-	Secretary of the Senate
52		-	APPROVED: _____________________
53		-	Date
54		-	_____________________
55		-	Governor
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