Bill Text: TX HB4494 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled


Bill Title: Relating to eligible coastal municipalities for purposes of the municipal hotel occupancy tax.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-06-11 - Effective immediately [HB4494 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB4494-Enrolled.html
 
 
  H.B. No. 4494
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to eligible coastal municipalities for purposes of the
  municipal hotel occupancy tax.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 351.001(3), Tax Code, is amended to read
  as follows:
               (3)  "Eligible coastal municipality" means:
                     (A) a home-rule municipality that borders on the
  Gulf of Mexico and has a population of less than 80,000; or
                     (B)  a municipality that borders on the Gulf of
  Mexico and has a population of less than 1,500.
         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, 2023.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 4494 was passed by the House on May 2,
  2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 121, Nays 23, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 4494 was passed by the Senate on May
  23, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 24, Nays 7.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor       
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