H.B. No. 3669
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the authority of certain counties to impose a 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 (k) to read as follows:
         (k)  The commissioners court of a county with a population of
  more than 20,000 that is bordered by the Neches and Trinity Rivers
  and that contains portions of the Davy Crockett National Forest may
  impose a tax as provided by Subsection (a).
         SECTION 2.  Section 352.002(f), Tax Code, as added by
  Chapter 749 (H.B. 3132), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2007, is amended to read as follows:
         (f)  The commissioners court of a county that has a
  population of 150,000 or more and that is bordered by the Brazos and
  Navasota Rivers may impose a tax as provided by Subsection (a).  
  [This subsection expires September 1, 2015.]
         SECTION 3.  Section 352.003, Tax Code, is amended by adding
  Subsection (m) to read as follows:
         (m)  The tax rate in a county authorized to impose the tax
  under Section 352.002(k) may not exceed two percent of the price
  paid for a room in a hotel.
         SECTION 4.  Section 352.003(h), Tax Code, as added by
  Chapter 749 (H.B. 3132), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2007, is amended to read as follows:
         (h)  The tax rate in a county authorized to impose the tax
  under Section 352.002(f) may not exceed two percent of the price
  paid for a room in a hotel.  [This subsection expires September 1,
  2015.]
         SECTION 5.  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. 3669 was passed by the House on May
  15, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1 present, not
  voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
  No. 3669 on May 29, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 139, Nays 1,
  1 present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 3669 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 27, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays
  0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor