Bill Text: TX HB2788 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the use of hotel occupancy tax revenue by certain municipalities, including the authority to pledge certain revenue for the payment of obligations related to hotel projects.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-10 - Left pending in committee [HB2788 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB2788-Introduced.html

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86R9333 SMT-F
By: Paul H.B. No. 2788

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the use of hotel occupancy tax revenue by certain
municipalities, including the authority to pledge certain revenue
for the payment of obligations related to hotel projects.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 351.101, Tax Code, is amended by adding
Subsection (q) to read as follows:
(q) In addition to the purposes provided by Subsections (a)
and (e), a municipality described by Section 351.102(e)(13) may use
revenue from the hotel occupancy tax for the construction,
improvement, enlarging, equipping, renovating, repairing,
operation, and maintenance of a coliseum or multiuse facility and
related infrastructure or a venue, as defined by Section
334.001(4), Local Government Code, that is related to the promotion
of tourism, including a hotel, resort, or convention center
facility located on land owned by the municipality or a nonprofit
corporation acting on behalf of the municipality.
SECTION 2. Sections 351.102(e) and (g), Tax Code, are
amended to read as follows:
(e) In addition to the municipalities described by
Subsection (b), that subsection also applies to:
(1) a municipality with a population of at least
110,000 but not more than 135,000 at least part of which is located
in a county with a population of not more than 135,000;
(2) a municipality with a population of at least 9,000
but not more than 10,000 that is located in two counties, each of
which has a population of at least 662,000 and a southern border
with a county with a population of 2.3 million or more;
(3) a municipality with a population of at least
200,000 but not more than 300,000 that contains a component
institution of the Texas Tech University System;
(4) a municipality with a population of at least
95,000 that borders Lake Lewisville;
(5) a municipality that:
(A) contains a portion of Cedar Hill State Park;
(B) has a population of more than 45,000;
(C) is located in two counties, one of which has a
population of more than two million and one of which has a
population of more than 149,000; and
(D) has adopted a capital improvement plan for
the construction or expansion of a convention center facility;
(6) a municipality with a population of less than
6,000 that:
(A) is located in two counties each with a
population of 600,000 or more that are both adjacent to a county
with a population of two million or more;
(B) has full-time police and fire departments;
and
(C) has adopted a capital improvement plan for
the construction or expansion of a convention center facility;
(7) a municipality with a population of at least
56,000 that:
(A) borders Lake Ray Hubbard; and
(B) is located in two counties, one of which has a
population of less than 80,000;
(8) a municipality with a population of more than
83,000, that borders Clear Lake, and that is primarily located in a
county with a population of less than 300,000;
(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; and
(13) a municipality with a population of more than
10,000 that:
(A) is wholly located in a county with a
population of four million or more; and
(B) has a city hall located less than three miles
from a space center operated by an agency of the federal government.
(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, 2021 [2019].
SECTION 3. 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, 2019.