H.B. No. 1275
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the authority to impose a county 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 (i) to read as follows:
         (i)  The commissioners court of a county in which the
  Declaration of Independence of the Republic of Texas was signed in
  1836 may impose a tax as provided by Subsection (a). A tax imposed
  under this subsection does not apply to a hotel located in a
  municipality that imposes a tax under Chapter 351 applicable to the
  hotel.
         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, 2009.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1275 was passed by the House on May
  12, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 149, Nays 0, 1 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1275 was passed by the Senate on May
  27, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor