Bill Text: TX HB2682 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to receive certain tax revenue derived from a hotel and convention center project and to pledge certain tax revenue for the payment of obligations related to the project.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-04-03 - Left pending in committee [HB2682 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB2682-Introduced.html
  88R11835 CJD-F
 
  By: Cook H.B. No. 2682
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the authority of certain municipalities to receive
  certain tax revenue derived from 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.  Section 351.152, Tax Code, is amended to read as
  follows:
         Sec. 351.152.  APPLICABILITY.  This subchapter applies only
  to:
               (1)  a municipality described by Section
  351.001(7)(B);
               (2)  a municipality described by Section
  351.001(7)(D);
               (3)  a municipality described by Section
  351.001(7)(E);
               (4)  a municipality described by Section
  351.102(e)(3);
               (5)  a municipality that contains more than 75 percent
  of the population of a county with a population of 1.5 million or
  more;
               (6)  a municipality with a population of 150,000 or
  more but less than 200,000 that is partially located in at least one
  county with a population of 125,000 or more;
               (7)  a municipality with a population of 150,000 or
  more but less than one million that is located in one county with a
  population of 2.3 million or more;
               (8)  a municipality with a population of 180,000 or
  more that:
                     (A)  is located in two counties, each with a
  population of 100,000 or more; and
                     (B)  contains an American Quarter Horse Hall of
  Fame and Museum;
               (9)  a municipality with a population of 96,000 or more
  that is located in a county that borders Lake Palestine;
               (10)  a municipality with a population of 96,000 or
  more that is located in a county that contains the headwaters of the
  San Gabriel River;
               (11)  a municipality with a population of 99,900 or
  more but less than 111,000 that is located in a county with a
  population of 135,000 or more;
               (12)  a municipality with a population of 110,000 or
  more but less than 135,000 at least part of which is located in a
  county with a population of less than 135,000;
               (13)  a municipality with a population of 9,000 or more
  but less than 10,000 that is located in two counties, each of which
  has a population of 662,000 or more and a southern border with a
  county with a population of 2.3 million or more;
               (14)  a municipality with a population of 200,000 or
  more but less than 300,000 that contains a component institution of
  the Texas Tech University System;
               (15)  a municipality with a population of 95,000 or
  more that:
                     (A)  is located in more than one county; and
                     (B)  borders Lake Lewisville;
               (16)  a municipality with a population of 45,000 or
  more that:
                     (A)  contains a portion of Cedar Hill State Park;
                     (B)  is located in two counties, one of which has a
  population of two million or more and one of which has a population
  of 149,000 or more; and
                     (C)  has adopted a capital improvement plan for
  the construction or expansion of a convention center facility;
               (17)  a municipality with a population of less than
  6,000 that:
                     (A)  is almost wholly located in a county with a
  population of 600,000 or more that is adjacent to a county with a
  population of two million or more;
                     (B)  is partially located in a county with a
  population of 1.8 million or more that is adjacent to a county with
  a population of two million or more;
                     (C)  has a visitor center and museum located in a
  19th-century rock building in the municipality's downtown; and
                     (D)  has a waterpark open to the public;
               (18)  a municipality with a population of 56,000 or
  more that:
                     (A)  borders Lake Ray Hubbard; and
                     (B)  is located in two counties, one of which has a
  population of less than 80,000;
               (19)  a municipality with a population of 83,000 or
  more that:
                     (A)  borders Clear Lake; and
                     (B)  is primarily located in a county with a
  population of less than 300,000;
               (20)  a municipality with a population of less than
  2,000 that:
                     (A)  is located adjacent to a bay connected to the
  Gulf of Mexico;
                     (B)  is located in a county with a population of
  290,000 or more that is adjacent to a county with a population of
  four million or more; and
                     (C)  has a boardwalk on the bay;
               (21)  a municipality with a population of 75,000 or
  more that:
                     (A)  is located wholly in one county with a
  population of 575,000 or more that is adjacent to a county with a
  population of four million or more; and
                     (B)  has adopted a capital improvement plan for
  the construction or expansion of a convention center facility;
               (22)  a municipality with a population of less than
  75,000 that is located in three counties, at least one of which has
  a population of four million or more;
               (23)  an eligible coastal municipality with a
  population of 3,000 or more but less than 5,000;
               (24)  a municipality with a population of 90,000 or
  more but less than 150,000 that:
                     (A)  is located in three counties; and
                     (B)  contains a branch campus of a component
  institution of the University of Houston System;
               (25)  a municipality that is:
                     (A)  primarily located in a county with a
  population of four million or more; and
                     (B)  connected by a bridge to a municipality
  described by Subdivision (20);
               (26)  a municipality with a population of 20,000 or
  more but less than 25,000 that:
                     (A)  contains a portion of Mustang Bayou; and
                     (B)  is wholly located in a county with a
  population of less than 500,000;
               (27)  a municipality with a population of 70,000 or
  more but less than 90,000 that is located in two counties, one of
  which has a population of four million or more and the other of
  which has a population of less than 50,000;
               (28)  a municipality with a population of 10,000 or
  more that:
                     (A)  is wholly located in a county with a
  population of four million or more; and
                     (B)  has a city hall located less than three miles
  from a space center operated by an agency of the federal government;
               (29)  a municipality that is the county seat of a
  county:
                     (A)  through which the Pedernales River flows; and
                     (B)  in which the birthplace of a president of the
  United States is located;
               (30)  a municipality that contains a portion of U.S.
  Highway 79 and State Highway 130;
               (31)  a municipality with a population of 48,000 or
  more but less than 95,000 that is located in two counties, one of
  which has a population of 900,000 or more but less than 1.7 million;
               (32)  a municipality with a population of less than
  25,000 that contains a museum of Western American art;
               (33)  a municipality with a population of 50,000 or
  more that is the county seat of a county that contains a portion of
  the Sam Houston National Forest;
               (34)  a municipality with a population of less than
  25,000 that:
                     (A)  contains a cultural heritage museum; and
                     (B)  is located in a county that borders the
  United Mexican States and the Gulf of Mexico;
               (35)  a municipality that is the county seat of a county
  that:
                     (A)  has a population of 115,000 or more;
                     (B)  is adjacent to a county with a population of
  1.8 million or more; and
                     (C)  hosts an annual peach festival;
               (36)  a municipality that is the county seat of a county
  that:
                     (A)  has a population of 585,000 or more; and
                     (B)  is adjacent to a county with a population of
  four million or more;
               (37)  a municipality with a population of less than
  10,000 that:
                     (A)  contains a component university of The Texas
  A&M University System; and
                     (B)  is located in a county adjacent to a county
  that borders Oklahoma;
               (38)  a municipality with a population of less than
  6,100 that:
                     (A)  is located in two counties, each of which has
  a population of 600,000 or more but less than two million; and
                     (B)  hosts an annual Cajun Festival;
               (39)  a municipality with a population of 13,000 or
  more that:
                     (A)  is located on an international border; and
                     (B)  is located in a county:
                           (i)  with a population of less than 400,000;
  and
                           (ii)  in which at least one World Birding
  Center site is located;
               (40)  a municipality with a population of 4,000 or more
  that:
                     (A)  is located on an international border; and
                     (B)  is located not more than five miles from a
  state historic site that serves as a visitor center for a state park
  that contains 300,000 or more acres of land;
               (41)  a municipality with a population of 36,000 or
  more that is adjacent to at least two municipalities described by
  Subdivision (15);
               (42)  a municipality with a population of 28,000 or
  more in which is located a historic railroad depot and heritage
  center;
               (43)  a municipality located in a county that has a
  population of not more than 300,000 and in which a component
  university of the University of Houston System is located;
               (44)  a municipality with a population of less than
  500,000 that is:
                     (A)  located in two counties; and
                     (B)  adjacent to a municipality described by
  Subdivision (31); [and]
               (45)  a municipality that:
                     (A)  has a population of more than 67,000; and
                     (B)  is located in two counties with 90 percent of
  the municipality's territory located in a county with a population
  of at least 580,000, and the remaining territory located in a county
  with a population of at least four million; and
               (46)  a municipality with a population of 70,000 or
  more but less than 150,000 that borders Joe Pool Lake.
         SECTION 2.  Sections 351.157(b) and (c), 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);
               (11)  a municipality described by Section 351.152(38);
  [and]
               (12)  a municipality described by Section 351.152(43);
  and
               (13)  a municipality described by Section 351.152(46).
         (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),
  swimming pools and swimming facilities, 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;
               (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; [and]
               (12)  for a municipality described by Subsection
  (b)(12):
                     (A)  restaurants, bars, and retail
  establishments; and
                     (B)  swimming pools and swimming facilities owned
  or operated by the related qualified hotel; and
               (13)  for a municipality described by Subsection
  (b)(13):
                     (A)  restaurants, bars, and retail
  establishments; and
                     (B)  swimming pools and swimming facilities owned
  or operated by the related qualified hotel.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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