Bill Text: TX HB3959 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to certain regulations and taxes utilized by governmental entities for construction and tourism.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-20 - Referred to Land & Resource Management [HB3959 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB3959-Introduced.html
By: Howard | H.B. No. 3959 |
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relating to certain regulations and taxes utilized by governmental | ||
entities for construction and tourism. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sec. 3000.02(c), Government Code, is amended as | ||
follows: | ||
(c) This section does not apply to: | ||
(1) a program established by a state agency that | ||
requires particular standards, incentives, or financing | ||
arrangements in order to comply with requirements of a state or | ||
federal funding source or housing program; | ||
(2) a requirement for a building necessary to consider | ||
the building eligible for windstorm and hail insurance coverage | ||
under Chapter 2210, Insurance Code; | ||
(3) an ordinance or other regulation that regulates | ||
outdoor lighting that is adopted for the purpose of reducing light | ||
pollution and that: | ||
(A) is adopted by a governmental entity that is | ||
certified as a Dark Sky Community by the International Dark-Sky | ||
Association as part of the International Dark Sky Places Program; | ||
(B) is adopted by a governmental entity that has | ||
adopted a resolution stating the entity's intent to become | ||
certified as a Dark Sky Community by the International Dark-Sky | ||
Association as part of the International Dark Sky Places Program | ||
and does not regulate outdoor lighting in a manner that is more | ||
restrictive than the prohibitions or limitations required to become | ||
certified as a Dark Sky Community; or | ||
(C) applies to outdoor lighting within five miles | ||
of the boundary of a military base in which an active training | ||
program is conducted; | ||
(4) an ordinance or order that: | ||
(A) regulates outdoor lighting; and | ||
(B) is adopted under Subchapter B, Chapter 229, | ||
Local Government Code, or Subchapter B, Chapter 240, Local | ||
Government Code; | ||
(5) a building located in a place or area designated | ||
for its historical, cultural, or architectural importance and | ||
significance that a municipality may regulate under Section | ||
211.003(b), Local Government Code, if the municipality: | ||
(A) is a certified local government under the | ||
National Historic Preservation Act (54 U.S.C. Section 300101 et | ||
seq.); or | ||
(B) has an applicable landmark ordinance that | ||
meets the requirements under the certified local government program | ||
as determined by the Texas Historical Commission; | ||
(6) a building located in a place or area designated | ||
for its historical, cultural, or architectural importance and | ||
significance by a governmental entity, if designated before April | ||
1, 2019; | ||
(7) a building located in an area designated as a | ||
historic district on the National Register of Historic Places; | ||
(8) a building designated as a Recorded Texas Historic | ||
Landmark; | ||
(9) a building designated as a State Archeological | ||
Landmark or State Antiquities Landmark; | ||
(10) a building listed on the National Register of | ||
Historic Places or designated as a landmark by a governmental | ||
entity; | ||
(11) a building located in a World Heritage Buffer | ||
Zone; | ||
(12) a building located in an area designated for | ||
development, restoration, or preservation in a main street city | ||
under the main street program established under Section 442.014; | ||
(13) a building other than a single-family residential | ||
property located in a municipality with a population of less than | ||
20,000; | ||
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by an ordinance or other regulation implementing a water | ||
conservation plan or program described by Section 11.1271 or | ||
13.146, Water Code; and | ||
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by the Texas Water Development Board as a condition of applying for | ||
or receiving financial assistance under a program administered by | ||
the board. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 351.101, Tax Code, is amended by adding | ||
Subsection (t) as follows: | ||
(t) In addition to the purposes provided by Subsection (a), | ||
a municipality with a population less than 20,000 may use revenue | ||
from the municipal hotel occupancy tax to promote tourism and the | ||
convention and hotel industry by the enhancement and upgrading of a | ||
water or wastewater system that provides services to facilities | ||
that attract tourism in the municipality. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |