88R11504 MZM-D By: Jetton H.B. No. 2617 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the lease or sale of property for a privately owned hotel by certain counties. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 263.101, Local Government Code, is amended to read as follows: Sec. 263.101. APPLICATION OF SUBCHAPTER TO POPULOUS COUNTIES. This subchapter applies only to: (1) a county with a population of more than 1.3 million; and (2) a county with a population of more than 800,000 that is adjacent to a county with a population of more than 3.3 million. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.