Bill Text: TX HB3575 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to use certain tax revenue for certain projects and to pledge that revenue for the payment of obligations related to those projects.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-20 - Meeting cancelled [HB3575 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB3575-Introduced.html
By: Bonnen of Galveston | H.B. No. 3575 |
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relating to the authority of certain municipalities to use certain | ||
tax revenue for certain projects and to pledge that revenue for the | ||
payment of obligations related to those projects. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 351.102, Tax Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsections (b), (c), and (d) and adding Subsection (e) to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(b) An eligible central municipality, a municipality with a | ||
population of 173,000 or more that is located within two or more | ||
counties, a municipality with a population of 96,000 or more that is | ||
located in a county that borders Lake Palestine or contains the | ||
headwaters of the San Gabriel River, or a municipality with a | ||
population of at least 99,900 but not more than 111,000 that is | ||
located in a county with a population of at least 135,000 may pledge | ||
the revenue derived from the tax imposed under this chapter from a | ||
hotel project that is owned by or located on land owned by the | ||
municipality or, in an eligible central municipality, by a | ||
nonprofit corporation acting on behalf of an eligible central | ||
municipality, and that is located within 1,000 feet of a convention | ||
center facility owned by the municipality for the payment of bonds | ||
or other obligations issued or incurred to acquire, lease, | ||
construct, and equip the hotel and any facilities ancillary to the | ||
hotel, including convention center entertainment-related | ||
facilities, meeting spaces, restaurants, shops, street and water | ||
and sewer infrastructure necessary for the operation of the hotel | ||
or ancillary facilities, and parking facilities within 1,000 feet | ||
of the hotel or convention center facility. For bonds or other | ||
obligations issued under this subsection, an eligible central | ||
municipality or a municipality described by this subsection or | ||
Subsection (e) may only pledge revenue or other assets of the hotel | ||
project benefiting from those bonds or other obligations. | ||
(c) A municipality to which Subsection (b) or (e) applies is | ||
entitled to receive all funds from a project described by this | ||
section that an owner of a project may receive under Section | ||
151.429(h) of this code, or Section 2303.5055, Government Code, and | ||
may pledge the funds for the payment of obligations issued under | ||
this section. | ||
(d) Except as provided by this subsection, an eligible | ||
central municipality or another municipality described by | ||
Subsection (b) or (e) that uses revenue derived from the tax imposed | ||
under this chapter or funds received under Subsection (c) for a | ||
hotel project described by Subsection (b) may not reduce the | ||
percentage of revenue from the tax imposed under this chapter and | ||
allocated for a purpose described by Section 351.101(a)(3) to a | ||
percentage that is less than the average percentage of that revenue | ||
allocated by the municipality for that purpose during the 36-month | ||
period preceding the date the municipality begins using the revenue | ||
or funds for the hotel project. This subsection does not apply to | ||
an eligible central municipality described by Section | ||
351.001(7)(D). | ||
(e) In addition to the municipalities described by | ||
Subsection (b), that subsection also applies to a municipality that | ||
borders Clear Lake, has a population of more than 83,000, and is | ||
primarily located in a county with a population of less than | ||
300,000. In addition to the uses authorized by Subsections (a) and | ||
(b) and Section 351.101, a municipality described by this | ||
subsection may: | ||
(1) use revenue derived from the tax imposed under | ||
this chapter and funds received under Subsection (c) to acquire | ||
sites for and construct, improve, enlarge, equip, repair, operate, | ||
and maintain the following to attract tourists to the municipality: | ||
(A) coliseums and multiuse facilities; | ||
(B) venues as defined by Sections 334.001(4)(A), | ||
(B), (C), and (D), Local Government Code; and | ||
(C) related infrastructure as defined by Section | ||
334.001, Local Government Code; and | ||
(2) pledge that revenue for the payment of bonds or | ||
other obligations issued or incurred for a purpose described by | ||
Subdivision (1). | ||
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, 2017. |