Bill Text: TX HB2575 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the use of municipal hotel occupancy taxes in certain municipalities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-18 - Referred to Ways & Means [HB2575 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB2575-Introduced.html
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By: Kleinschmidt | H.B. No. 2575 |
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relating to the use of municipal hotel occupancy taxes in certain | ||
municipalities. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 351.101, Tax Code, is amended by adding | ||
Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: | ||
(a-1) In addition to the uses authorized by Subsection (a), | ||
a municipality with a population of less than 10,000 that is the | ||
county seat of a county with a population of less than 80,000 and | ||
that is adjacent to a state park that suffered severe damage from a | ||
wildfire may use revenue derived from the tax authorized by this | ||
chapter to acquire fire suppression vehicles and construct fire | ||
protection facilities to promote and encourage tourism by ensuring | ||
the enhanced safety of tourists. | ||
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, 2013. |