Bill Text: TX HR2618 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. No. 2445.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-31 - Reported enrolled [HR2618 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HR2618-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 2618 |
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BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the State of | ||
Texas, 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017, That House Rule 13, | ||
Section 9(a), be suspended in part as provided by House Rule 13, | ||
Section 9(f), to enable the conference committee appointed to | ||
resolve the differences on House Bill 2445 (the use of municipal | ||
hotel occupancy tax revenue in certain municipalities) to consider | ||
and take action on the following matters: | ||
(1) House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(4), is suspended to permit | ||
the committee to add text on a matter not included in either the | ||
house or senate version of the bill in proposed SECTION 8 of the | ||
bill, by adding the following text to amended Section 351.102, Tax | ||
Code: | ||
(c-1) A municipality to which this subsection applies is | ||
entitled to receive all funds from a hotel and convention center | ||
project that the owner of a project could receive under Section | ||
151.429(h) of this code or Section 2303.5055, Government Code, if a | ||
project for purposes of those provisions included a hotel and | ||
convention center project. The municipality may pledge the funds | ||
for payment of obligations issued under this section for the hotel | ||
and convention center project. For purposes of this subsection, | ||
"hotel and convention center project" means a project that is an | ||
existing hotel owned by the municipality or another person and a | ||
convention center facility to be acquired, constructed, equipped, | ||
or leased, that will be located within 1,000 feet of the hotel, and | ||
that will be owned by or located on land owned by the municipality. | ||
This subsection applies only to a municipality that: | ||
(1) is the county seat of a county that: | ||
(A) borders the United Mexican States; | ||
(B) has a population of less than 300,000; and | ||
(C) contains one or more municipalities with a | ||
population of 200,000 or more; and | ||
(2) holds an annual jalapeño festival. | ||
Explanation: The change is necessary to permit a | ||
municipality to which Section 351.102(c-1), Tax Code, as added by | ||
the bill, applies to receive and pledge the described funds for the | ||
specified purposes. | ||
(2) House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(4), is suspended to permit | ||
the committee to add text on a matter not included in either the | ||
house or senate version of the bill in proposed SECTION 8 of the | ||
bill, by adding the following text to added Section 351.102(e), Tax | ||
Code: | ||
(e) In addition to the municipalities described by | ||
Subsection (b), that subsection also applies to: | ||
. . . | ||
(9) a municipality with a population of less than | ||
2,000 that: | ||
(A) is located adjacent to a bay connected to the | ||
Gulf of Mexico; | ||
(B) is located in a county with a population of | ||
290,000 or more that is adjacent to a county with a population of | ||
four million or more; and | ||
(C) has a boardwalk on the bay; | ||
(10) a municipality with a population of 75,000 or | ||
more that: | ||
(A) is located wholly in one county with a | ||
population of 575,000 or more that is adjacent to a county with a | ||
population of four million or more; and | ||
(B) has adopted a capital improvement plan for | ||
the construction or expansion of a convention center facility; | ||
(11) a municipality with a population of less than | ||
75,000 that is located in three counties, at least one of which has | ||
a population of at least four million; and | ||
(12) an eligible coastal municipality with a | ||
population of more than 3,000 but less than 5,000. | ||
Explanation: This change is necessary to add municipalities | ||
to the list of municipalities to which Section 351.102(b), Tax | ||
Code, applies. | ||
(3) House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(4), is suspended to permit | ||
the committee to add text on a matter not included in either the | ||
house or senate version of the bill in proposed SECTION 8 of the | ||
bill, by adding the following text to amended Section 351.102, Tax | ||
Code: | ||
(g) A municipality to which this section applies may not | ||
receive or pledge revenue or funds under Subsection (b) or (c) for a | ||
hotel project unless the municipality enters into an agreement with | ||
a person for the development of the hotel project before September | ||
1, 2019. | ||
Explanation: This change is necessary to restrict the | ||
application of Sections 351.102(b) and (c), Tax Code, to eligible | ||
municipalities that enter into the specified agreements before | ||
September 1, 2019. | ||
Stucky | ||
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Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 2618 was adopted by the House on May | ||
28, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 124, Nays 19, 1 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||