LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 88TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION May 18, 2023 TO: Honorable Brian Birdwell, Chair, Senate Committee on Natural Resources & Economic Development FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE: HB3453 by Jetton (relating to authorizing certain counties to impose a hotel occupancy tax and the applicability and rates of that tax in certain counties.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would amend Chapter 352 of the Tax Code, regarding county hotel occupancy taxes.The bill would amend Section 352.002 by adding Subsection (ee) to authorize the commissioners court of a county with a population of 800,000 or more that is adjacent to a county with a population of four million or to impose a county hotel occupancy tax. The bill would add Section 352.003(bb) to state that the county's hotel occupancy tax rate may not exceed seven percent of price paid for a room in a hotel and that it may not exceed two percent of the price paid for a room in a hotel if the hotel is located in the jurisdiction of a municipality that imposes a hotel occupancy tax. The bill would have no state revenue implications. Local Government ImpactThe bill would apply to Fort Bend County. Source Agencies: b > td > LBB Staff: b > td > JMc, CMA, MOc, KK, BRI, SD LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 88TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION May 18, 2023 TO: Honorable Brian Birdwell, Chair, Senate Committee on Natural Resources & Economic Development FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE: HB3453 by Jetton (relating to authorizing certain counties to impose a hotel occupancy tax and the applicability and rates of that tax in certain counties.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted TO: Honorable Brian Birdwell, Chair, Senate Committee on Natural Resources & Economic Development FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE: HB3453 by Jetton (relating to authorizing certain counties to impose a hotel occupancy tax and the applicability and rates of that tax in certain counties.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted Honorable Brian Birdwell, Chair, Senate Committee on Natural Resources & Economic Development Honorable Brian Birdwell, Chair, Senate Committee on Natural Resources & Economic Development Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board HB3453 by Jetton (relating to authorizing certain counties to impose a hotel occupancy tax and the applicability and rates of that tax in certain counties.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted HB3453 by Jetton (relating to authorizing certain counties to impose a hotel occupancy tax and the applicability and rates of that tax in certain counties.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would amend Chapter 352 of the Tax Code, regarding county hotel occupancy taxes.The bill would amend Section 352.002 by adding Subsection (ee) to authorize the commissioners court of a county with a population of 800,000 or more that is adjacent to a county with a population of four million or to impose a county hotel occupancy tax. The bill would add Section 352.003(bb) to state that the county's hotel occupancy tax rate may not exceed seven percent of price paid for a room in a hotel and that it may not exceed two percent of the price paid for a room in a hotel if the hotel is located in the jurisdiction of a municipality that imposes a hotel occupancy tax. The bill would have no state revenue implications. Local Government Impact The bill would apply to Fort Bend County. Source Agencies: b > td > LBB Staff: b > td > JMc, CMA, MOc, KK, BRI, SD JMc, CMA, MOc, KK, BRI, SD