Bill Text: TX SB1851 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the use of municipal hotel occupancy tax revenue by certain municipalities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-26 - Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development [SB1851 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-SB1851-Introduced.html

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87R14041 RDS-D
By: Powell S.B. No. 1851

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the use of municipal hotel occupancy tax revenue by
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 (u) to read as follows:
(u) In addition to other authorized uses, a municipality
that has a population of less than 20,000, is bisected by Interstate
20, and is located in a county with a population of more than 1.8
million that is adjacent to a county with a population of more than
2.2 million may use revenue from the municipal hotel occupancy tax
for the construction of:
(1) improvements to municipal parks; and
(2) municipal trails and sidewalks that connect
municipal parks to lodging establishments, tourist attractions,
and related public facilities.
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, 2021.