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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of certain counties to impose a hotel |
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occupancy tax. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 352.002, Tax Code, is amended by adding |
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Subsection (k) to read as follows: |
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(k) The commissioners court of a county with a population of |
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more than 20,000 that is bordered by the Neches and Trinity Rivers |
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and that contains portions of the Davy Crockett National Forest may |
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impose a tax as provided by Subsection (a). |
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SECTION 2. Section 352.002(f), Tax Code, as added by |
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Chapter 749 (H.B. 3132), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular |
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Session, 2007, is amended to read as follows: |
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(f) The commissioners court of a county that has a |
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population of 150,000 or more and that is bordered by the Brazos and |
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Navasota Rivers may impose a tax as provided by Subsection (a). |
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[This subsection expires September 1, 2015.] |
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SECTION 3. Section 352.003, Tax Code, is amended by adding |
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Subsection (m) to read as follows: |
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(m) The tax rate in a county authorized to impose the tax |
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under Section 352.002(k) may not exceed two percent of the price |
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paid for a room in a hotel. |
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SECTION 4. Section 352.003(h), Tax Code, as added by |
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Chapter 749 (H.B. 3132), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular |
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Session, 2007, is amended to read as follows: |
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(h) The tax rate in a county authorized to impose the tax |
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under Section 352.002(f) may not exceed two percent of the price |
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paid for a room in a hotel. [This subsection expires September 1,
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2015.] |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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______________________________ |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 3669 was passed by the House on May |
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15, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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No. 3669 on May 29, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 1, |
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1 present, not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 3669 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 27, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays |
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0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |