Bill Text: TX SB1649 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub


Bill Title: Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to receive certain tax revenue derived from certain establishments related to a hotel and convention center project and to pledge certain tax revenue for the payment of obligations related to the project.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-23 - Committee report printed and distributed [SB1649 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-SB1649-Comm_Sub.html
 
 
  By: Perry  S.B. No. 1649
         (In the Senate - Filed March 11, 2021; March 24, 2021, read
  first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources &
  Economic Development; April 23, 2021, reported favorably by the
  following vote:  Yeas 9, Nays 0; April 23, 2021, sent to printer.)
Click here to see the committee vote
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the authority of certain municipalities to receive
  certain tax revenue derived from certain establishments related to
  a hotel and convention center project and to pledge certain tax
  revenue for the payment of obligations related to the project.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Sections 351.157(b), (c), and (e), Tax Code, are
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  This section applies only to:
               (1)  a municipality described by Section 351.152(3);
               (2)  a municipality described by Section 351.152(6);
               (3)  a municipality described by Section 351.152(7);
               (4)  a municipality described by Section 351.152(10);
               (4-a)  a municipality described by Section
  351.152(14);
               (5)  a municipality described by Section 351.152(16);
               (6)  a municipality described by Section 351.152(22);
               (7)  a municipality described by Section 351.152(25);
               (8)  a municipality described by Section 351.152(34);
               (9)  a municipality described by Section 351.152(35);
               (10)  a municipality described by Section 351.152(36);
  and
               (11)  a municipality described by Section 351.152(38).
         (c)  A municipality is entitled to receive revenue under
  Subsection (d) derived from the following types of establishments
  that meet the requirements of Subsections (a)(1), (2), (3), and
  (4):
               (1)  for a municipality described by Subsection (b)(1):
                     (A)  restaurants, bars, and retail
  establishments; and
                     (B)  swimming pools and swimming facilities owned
  or operated by the related qualified hotel;
               (2)  for a municipality described by Subsection (b)(2),
  restaurants, bars, and retail establishments;
               (3)  for a municipality described by Subsection (b)(3),
  restaurants, bars, and retail establishments;
               (4)  for a municipality described by Subsection (b)(4):
                     (A)  restaurants, bars, and retail
  establishments; and
                     (B)  swimming pools and swimming facilities owned
  or operated by the related qualified hotel;
               (4-a)  for a municipality described by Subsection
  (b)(4-a):
                     (A)  restaurants, bars, and retail
  establishments; and
                     (B)  swimming pools and swimming facilities owned
  or operated by the related qualified hotel;
               (5)  for a municipality described by Subsection (b)(5),
  restaurants, bars, and retail establishments;
               (6)  for a municipality described by Subsection (b)(6),
  restaurants, bars, and retail establishments;
               (7)  for a municipality described by Subsection (b)(7),
  restaurants, bars, and retail establishments;
               (8)  for a municipality described by Subsection (b)(8),
  restaurants, bars, and retail establishments;
               (9)  for a municipality described by Subsection (b)(9),
  restaurants, bars, and retail establishments;
               (10)  for a municipality described by Subsection
  (b)(10):
                     (A)  restaurants, bars, and retail
  establishments; and
                     (B)  swimming pools and swimming facilities owned
  or operated by the related qualified hotel; and
               (11)  for a municipality described by Subsection
  (b)(11):
                     (A)  restaurants, bars, and retail
  establishments; and
                     (B)  swimming pools and swimming facilities owned
  or operated by the related qualified hotel.
         (e)  A municipality to which this section applies is not
  entitled to receive revenue under Subsection (d) unless the
  municipality commences a qualified project under this subchapter
  before September 1, 2027 [2023].
         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, 2021.
 
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