By: Perry S.B. No. 1649 (In the Senate - Filed March 11, 2021; March 24, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources & Economic Development; April 23, 2021, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; April 23, 2021, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the authority of certain municipalities to receive certain tax revenue derived from certain establishments related to a hotel and convention center project and to pledge certain tax revenue for the payment of obligations related to the project. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Sections 351.157(b), (c), and (e), Tax Code, are amended to read as follows: (b) This section applies only to: (1) a municipality described by Section 351.152(3); (2) a municipality described by Section 351.152(6); (3) a municipality described by Section 351.152(7); (4) a municipality described by Section 351.152(10); (4-a) a municipality described by Section 351.152(14); (5) a municipality described by Section 351.152(16); (6) a municipality described by Section 351.152(22); (7) a municipality described by Section 351.152(25); (8) a municipality described by Section 351.152(34); (9) a municipality described by Section 351.152(35); (10) a municipality described by Section 351.152(36); and (11) a municipality described by Section 351.152(38). (c) A municipality is entitled to receive revenue under Subsection (d) derived from the following types of establishments that meet the requirements of Subsections (a)(1), (2), (3), and (4): (1) for a municipality described by Subsection (b)(1): (A) restaurants, bars, and retail establishments; and (B) swimming pools and swimming facilities owned or operated by the related qualified hotel; (2) for a municipality described by Subsection (b)(2), restaurants, bars, and retail establishments; (3) for a municipality described by Subsection (b)(3), restaurants, bars, and retail establishments; (4) for a municipality described by Subsection (b)(4): (A) restaurants, bars, and retail establishments; and (B) swimming pools and swimming facilities owned or operated by the related qualified hotel; (4-a) for a municipality described by Subsection (b)(4-a): (A) restaurants, bars, and retail establishments; and (B) swimming pools and swimming facilities owned or operated by the related qualified hotel; (5) for a municipality described by Subsection (b)(5), restaurants, bars, and retail establishments; (6) for a municipality described by Subsection (b)(6), restaurants, bars, and retail establishments; (7) for a municipality described by Subsection (b)(7), restaurants, bars, and retail establishments; (8) for a municipality described by Subsection (b)(8), restaurants, bars, and retail establishments; (9) for a municipality described by Subsection (b)(9), restaurants, bars, and retail establishments; (10) for a municipality described by Subsection (b)(10): (A) restaurants, bars, and retail establishments; and (B) swimming pools and swimming facilities owned or operated by the related qualified hotel; and (11) for a municipality described by Subsection (b)(11): (A) restaurants, bars, and retail establishments; and (B) swimming pools and swimming facilities owned or operated by the related qualified hotel. (e) A municipality to which this section applies is not entitled to receive revenue under Subsection (d) unless the municipality commences a qualified project under this subchapter before September 1, 2027 [2023]. 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, 2021. * * * * *