89R8783 JBD-F By: Virdell H.B. No. 3178 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the authority of certain counties to impose a hotel occupancy tax. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 352.002, Tax Code, is amended by adding Subsection (gg) to read as follows: (gg) The commissioners court of a county in which the headwaters of the Guadalupe River are located may impose a tax as provided by Subsection (a). A tax imposed under this subsection does not apply to a hotel located in a municipality that imposes a tax under Chapter 351 applicable to the hotel. 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, 2025.