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By: Craddick (Senate Sponsor - Seliger) |
H.B. No. 1033 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2011; |
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May 9, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Economic |
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Development; May 20, 2011, reported favorably by the following |
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vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 20, 2011, sent to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of certain counties to impose a county |
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hotel occupancy tax. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 352.002, Tax Code, is amended by adding |
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Subsection (j) to read as follows: |
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(j) The commissioners court of a county that has a |
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population of less than 8,000, that borders the Pecos River, and |
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that borders another county with a population of more than 120,000 |
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may impose a tax as provided by Subsection (a). The tax imposed |
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under this subsection does not apply to a hotel located in a |
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municipality that imposes a tax under Chapter 351 applicable to the |
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hotel. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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