Bill Text: TX HB3076 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled

Texas House Bill 3076 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relating to the rate of the hotel occupancy tax in certain counties.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)

Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [HB3076 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HB3076-Enrolled.html



	H.B. No. 3076




	AN ACT
	relating to the rate of the hotel occupancy tax in certain counties.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 352.003, Tax Code, is amended by adding
	Subsection (q) to read as follows:
	(q) Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, the tax
	rate in a county authorized to impose the tax under Section
	352.002(a)(13) may not exceed seven percent of the price paid for a
	room in the hotel. If a municipality in the county imposes a tax
	under Chapter 351, the county may impose the tax on a hotel to which
	the municipal tax applies at a rate that, when added to the
	municipal tax rate, does not exceed seven percent of the price paid
	for a room in 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, 2011.


	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House


	I certify that H.B. No. 3076 was passed by the House on May 3,
	2011, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 2, 1 present, not
	voting.

	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House


	I certify that H.B. No. 3076 was passed by the Senate on May
	25, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0
	.

	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED: _____________________
	Date

	_____________________
	Governor