Bill Text: TX HB1915 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the allocation of state hotel occupancy tax revenue to certain barrier island coastal municipalities.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2015-06-19 - Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [HB1915 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB1915-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 1915 |
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relating to the allocation of state hotel occupancy tax revenue to | ||
certain barrier island coastal municipalities. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 156.2512, Tax Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsections (a), (b), and (c) and adding Subsection (e) to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) Not later than the last day of the month following a | ||
calendar quarter and subject to Subsection (d), the comptroller | ||
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(1) compute the amount of revenue, excluding revenue | ||
described by Subsection (e), derived from the collection of taxes | ||
imposed under this chapter at a rate of two [ |
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received from hotels located [ |
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barrier island coastal municipality; [ |
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(2) issue to the municipality a warrant drawn on the | ||
general revenue fund for that amount[ |
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(b) An eligible barrier island coastal municipality may use | ||
money received under this section only: | ||
(1) to clean and maintain public beaches in that | ||
municipality; [ |
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(2) for an erosion response project in that | ||
municipality; and | ||
(3) to clean and maintain bay shores owned by that | ||
municipality or leased by that municipality from this state. | ||
(c) In this section: | ||
(1) "Eligible barrier island coastal municipality" | ||
means a municipality: | ||
(A) that borders on the Gulf of Mexico; | ||
(B) that is located wholly or partly on a barrier | ||
island; and | ||
(C) that [ |
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(i) includes an institution of higher | ||
education that is part of the Texas Coastal Ocean Observation | ||
Network under Section 33.065, Natural Resources Code [ |
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(ii) includes [ |
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estuarine research reserve; [ |
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(iii) is located [ |
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the United Mexican States; or | ||
(iv) has a population of less than 10,000 | ||
and is located in a county with a population of at least 300,000 | ||
that is adjacent to a county with a population of at least | ||
3,000,000. | ||
(2) "Clean and maintain" has the meaning assigned by | ||
Section 61.063, Natural Resources Code. | ||
(3) "Erosion response project" has the meaning | ||
assigned by Section 33.601, Natural Resources Code. | ||
(e) This section does not apply to revenue derived from the | ||
collection of taxes paid by persons for the use or possession of or | ||
for the right to the use or possession of a room or space at a | ||
qualified hotel project, the owner of which is entitled to a rebate, | ||
refund, or payment of hotel occupancy tax revenue under: | ||
(1) Section 2303.5055, Government Code; or | ||
(2) Section 151.429(h). | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect October 1, 2015. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 1915 was passed by the House on May 4, | ||
2015, by the following vote: Yeas 130, Nays 9, 2 present, not | ||
voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to | ||
H.B. No. 1915 on May 27, 2015, and requested the appointment of a | ||
conference committee to consider the differences between the two | ||
houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report | ||
on H.B. No. 1915 on May 31, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 126, | ||
Nays 15, 2 present, not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 1915 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
amendments, on May 22, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 26, Nays | ||
5; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference | ||
committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and | ||
that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No. | ||
1915 on May 30, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 26, Nays 5. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: __________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |