Bill Text: TX SB1403 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the financing of convention center hotels in certain municipalities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-18 - Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development [SB1403 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-SB1403-Introduced.html

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84R10164 CBH-F
By: Seliger S.B. No. 1403

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the financing of convention center hotels in certain
municipalities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1504.001, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) A municipality with a population of at least 99,900 but
not more than 112,000 that is located in a county with a population
of at least 135,000 but not more than 200,000 may establish,
acquire, lease as lessee or lessor, construct, improve, enlarge,
and equip a hotel and any facilities ancillary to the hotel,
including shops, parking facilities, and plazas, that are owned by
or located on land owned by the municipality or by a nonprofit
corporation acting on behalf of the municipality, and that are
located within 1,000 feet of a convention center facility owned by
the municipality.
SECTION 2. Section 1504.002, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) A municipality with a population of at least 99,900 but
not more than 112,000 that is located in a county with a population
of at least 135,000 but not more than 200,000 may issue bonds or
incur other obligations to acquire, lease, construct, or equip a
facility described by Section 1504.001(c).
SECTION 3. Section 2303.003(8), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(8) "Qualified hotel project" means:
(A) a hotel proposed to be constructed by a
municipality or a nonprofit municipally sponsored local government
corporation created under the Texas Transportation Corporation
Act, Chapter 431, Transportation Code, that is within 1,000 feet of
a convention center owned by a municipality having a population of
1,500,000 or more, including shops, parking facilities, and any
other facilities ancillary to the hotel; [and]
(B) a hotel proposed to be constructed,
remodeled, or rehabilitated by a municipality or a nonprofit
municipally sponsored local government corporation created under
the Texas Transportation Corporation Act, Chapter 431,
Transportation Code, that is within 3,000 feet of the property line
of a convention center owned by a municipality having a population
of more than 500,000 and that borders the United Mexican States; and
(C) a hotel proposed to be constructed that is
within 1,000 feet of a convention center facility owned by a
municipality with a population of at least 99,900 but not more than
112,000 that is located in a county with a population of at least
135,000 but not more than 200,000.
SECTION 4. Section 351.001(2), Tax Code, is amended to read
as follows:
(2) "Convention center facilities" or "convention
center complex" means facilities that are primarily used to host
conventions and meetings. The term means civic centers, civic
center buildings, auditoriums, exhibition halls, and coliseums
that are owned by the municipality or other governmental entity or
that are managed in whole or part by the municipality. In a
municipality with a population of 1.5 million or more, "convention
center facilities" or "convention center complex" means civic
centers, civic center buildings, auditoriums, exhibition halls,
and coliseums that are owned by the municipality or other
governmental entity or that are managed in part by the
municipality, hotels owned by the municipality or a nonprofit
municipally sponsored local government corporation created under
Chapter 431, Transportation Code, within 1,000 feet of a convention
center owned by the municipality, or a historic hotel owned by the
municipality or a nonprofit municipally sponsored local government
corporation created under Chapter 431, Transportation Code, within
one mile of a convention center owned by the municipality. The
term includes parking areas or facilities that are for the parking
or storage of conveyances and that are located at or in the vicinity
of other convention center facilities. The term also includes a
hotel owned by or located on land that is owned by an eligible
central municipality or 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. The term also includes a hotel proposed to be
constructed, remodeled, or rehabilitated by a municipality or a
nonprofit municipally sponsored local government corporation
created under Chapter 431, Transportation Code, that is within
3,000 feet of the property line of a convention center owned by a
municipality having a population of more than 500,000 and that
borders the United Mexican States. The term also includes a hotel
to be owned by the municipality or by another person, including a
private entity, to be constructed within 1,000 feet of a convention
center facility owned by a municipality with a population of at
least 99,900 but not more than 112,000 and that is located in a
county with a population of at least 135,000 but not more than
200,000.
SECTION 5. Subchapter B, Chapter 351, Tax Code, is amended
by adding Section 351.1078 to read as follows:
Sec. 351.1078. ALLOCATION OF REVENUE: CERTAIN
MUNICIPALITIES. (a) This section applies only to a qualified hotel
project, as that term is defined by Section 2303.003, Government
Code, proposed to be constructed or constructed in a municipality
with a population of at least 99,900 but not more than 112,000 that
is located in a county with a population of at least 135,000 but not
more than 200,000.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 2303.5055, Government Code, and
any other provision of this chapter, a municipality to which this
section applies may agree to rebate, refund, or pay all or part of
the revenue from the tax imposed under this chapter that is derived
from the qualified hotel project for a term determined by the
municipality, which may not extend beyond the 20th anniversary of
the date construction of the qualified hotel project began.
(c) If the municipality agrees to rebate, refund, or pay
revenue under Subsection (b), the municipality 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, not including any reserve or surplus, allocated by the
municipality for that purpose during the 36-month period preceding
the date the municipality begins using revenue under Subsection
(b).
(d) A municipality to which this section applies is entitled
to receive hotel occupancy tax revenue from a qualified hotel
project that an owner of the project may receive under Section
151.429(h) of this code and Section 2303.5055, Government Code,
during the first 20 years after the qualified hotel project is open
for initial occupancy.
SECTION 6. 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, 2015.