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AN ACT
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relating to the use of state hotel occupancy tax revenue to clean |
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and maintain beaches in certain municipalities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 156.2512(c)(1), Tax Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(1) "Eligible barrier island coastal municipality" |
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means a municipality: |
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(A) that borders on the Gulf of Mexico; |
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(B) that is located wholly or partly on a barrier |
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island; and |
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(C) the boundaries of which are within 30 miles |
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of the United Mexican States or include: |
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(i) a portion of a national seashore; or |
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(ii) a national estuarine research reserve. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect on the first day of the |
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first month beginning on or after the earliest date on which this |
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Act may take effect if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the |
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members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article |
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III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote |
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necessary for effect on that date, this Act takes effect September |
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1, 2009. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2276 was passed by the House on May 1, |
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2009, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2276 was passed by the Senate on May |
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26, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |