Bill Text: TX HB2959 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of certain counties to impose a hotel occupancy tax.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-05-10 - Returned to Local & Consent Calendars Comm. [HB2959 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2959-Introduced.html
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| By: Springer | H.B. No. 2959 | |
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| relating to the authority of certain counties to impose a hotel | ||
| occupancy tax. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 352.002, Tax Code, is amended by adding | ||
| Subsection (s) to read as follows: | ||
| (s) The commissioners court of a county with a population of | ||
| less than 17,000 that borders the Red River and in which at least | ||
| two United States highways cross into Oklahoma may impose a tax as | ||
| provided by Subsection (a). | ||
| 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, 2019. | ||
