Bill Text: TX HB3042 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the allocation of state hotel occupancy tax revenue to certain municipalities for cleaning and maintenance of and erosion control for public beaches.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/13 [HB3042 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB3042-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 3042 |
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relating to the allocation of state hotel occupancy tax revenue to | ||
certain municipalities for cleaning and maintenance of and erosion | ||
control for public beaches. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 156.2512(a), Tax Code, is amended 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 | ||
shall: | ||
(1) compute the amount of revenue derived from the | ||
collection of taxes imposed under this chapter at a rate of one | ||
percent and received from hotels located on barrier islands in an | ||
eligible barrier island coastal municipality described by | ||
Subsection (c)(1)(C)(i) or (ii)[ |
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municipality a warrant drawn on the general revenue fund for that | ||
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(2) compute the amount of revenue derived from the | ||
collection of taxes imposed under this chapter at a rate of two | ||
percent and received from hotels located on barrier islands in an | ||
eligible barrier island coastal municipality described by | ||
Subsection (c)(1)(C)(iii) and issue to the municipality a warrant | ||
drawn on the general revenue fund for that amount [ |
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SECTION 2. Section 156.2512(c)(1), Tax Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(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) the boundaries of which [ |
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(i) include a portion of a national | ||
seashore; [ |
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(ii) include a national estuarine research | ||
reserve; or | ||
(iii) are within 30 miles of the United | ||
Mexican States. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 156.2512, Tax Code, is amended by adding | ||
Subsection (d) to read as follows: | ||
(d) The comptroller may not issue a warrant to any | ||
municipality under this section for an amount that exceeds the | ||
amount of revenue derived from the collection of taxes imposed | ||
under this chapter at a rate of two percent and received from hotels | ||
located within the municipality. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
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President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 3042 was passed by the House on May 9, | ||
2013, by the following vote: Yeas 92, Nays 46, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 3042 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
22, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 23, Nays 8. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |