Bill Text: TX HB3317 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the use of revenue from the hotel occupancy tax by certain counties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-26 - Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar [HB3317 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB3317-Comm_Sub.html
82R18408 CJC-D | |||
By: Hunter | H.B. No. 3317 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3317: | |||
By: Hilderbran | C.S.H.B. No. 3317 |
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relating to the use of revenue from the hotel occupancy tax by | ||
certain counties. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 352.1033, Tax Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read | ||
as follows: | ||
(a) Subject to Subsection (c), the [ |
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imposed under this chapter by a county that borders the Gulf of | ||
Mexico authorized to impose the tax by Section 352.002(a)(6) may be | ||
used only to: | ||
(1) clean public beaches; | ||
(2) acquire, furnish, or maintain facilities, | ||
including parks, that enhance public access to beaches; | ||
(3) provide and maintain public restrooms on or | ||
adjacent to beaches or beach access facilities; | ||
(4) provide and maintain litter containers on or | ||
adjacent to beaches or beach access facilities; | ||
(5) create, renovate, promote, and maintain parks | ||
adjacent to bays, rivers, and other navigable waterways if the | ||
county does not operate a public beach on the Gulf of Mexico; and | ||
(6) advertise and conduct solicitations and | ||
promotional programs to attract tourists and convention delegates | ||
or registrants to the county or its vicinity, any of which may be | ||
conducted by the county or through contracts with persons or | ||
organizations selected by the county. | ||
(c) In addition to the uses allowed by Subsection (a), a | ||
county authorized to impose a tax under this chapter by Section | ||
352.002(a)(6) that has a population of 50,000 or less and in which | ||
there is located at least one state park and one national wildlife | ||
refuge may use the revenue from the tax to: | ||
(1) acquire, construct, furnish, or maintain | ||
facilities, such as aquariums, birding centers and viewing sites, | ||
history and art centers, and nature centers and trails; | ||
(2) advertise and conduct solicitations and | ||
promotional programs to attract conventions and visitors; and | ||
(3) provide and maintain public restrooms and litter | ||
containers on public land in an area that is a tourism venue. | ||
(d) The limitation prescribed by Subsection (b) does not | ||
apply to the use of revenue from a tax imposed under this chapter by | ||
a county to which Subsection (c) applies. | ||
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. |