Bill Text: TX SB977 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the imposition, use, rebate, and refund of certain taxes related to certain hotel business revenue.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2011-05-28 - Effective immediately [SB977 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB977-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the imposition, use, rebate, and refund of certain taxes related to certain hotel business revenue.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2011-05-28 - Effective immediately [SB977 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB977-Introduced.html
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By: Hinojosa | S.B. No. 977 |
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relating to the imposition and use of the municipal hotel occupancy | ||
tax by certain eligible central municipalities. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 351.001(7), Tax Code, is amended to read | ||
as follows: | ||
(7) "Eligible central municipality" means: | ||
(A) a municipality with a population of more than | ||
140,000 but less than 1.5 million that is located in a county with a | ||
population of one million or more and that has adopted a capital | ||
improvement plan for the expansion of an existing convention center | ||
facility; or | ||
(B) a municipality with a population of 250,000 | ||
or more that: | ||
(i) is located wholly or partly on a barrier | ||
island that borders the Gulf of Mexico; | ||
(ii) is located in a county with a | ||
population of 300,000 or more; and | ||
(iii) has adopted a capital improvement | ||
plan to expand an existing convention center facility. | ||
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, 2011. |