Bill Text: TX HB3337 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled

Texas House Bill 3337 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relating to the authority of certain counties to impose a county hotel occupancy tax.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)

Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB3337 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HB3337-Enrolled.html



	H.B. No. 3337




	AN ACT
	relating to the authority of certain counties to impose a county
	hotel occupancy tax.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 352.002, Tax Code, is amended by adding
	Subsection (t) to read as follows:
	(t) The commissioners court of a county through which the
	Frio River flows, that has a population of 17,000 or more, that does
	not share a border with a county that borders the United Mexican
	States, and the county seat of which holds an annual potato fest may
	impose a tax as provided by Subsection (a). The tax imposed under
	this subsection does not apply to a hotel located in a municipality
	that imposes a tax under Chapter 351 applicable to 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, 2013.


	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House


	I certify that H.B. No. 3337 was passed by the House on April
	25, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 131, Nays 5, 2 present, not
	voting.

	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House


	I certify that H.B. No. 3337 was passed by the Senate on May
	15, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED: _____________________
	Date

	_____________________
	Governor