H.B. No. 3076
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the rate of the hotel occupancy tax in certain counties.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 352.003, Tax Code, is amended by adding
  Subsection (q) to read as follows:
         (q)  Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, the tax
  rate in a county authorized to impose the tax under Section
  352.002(a)(13) may not exceed seven percent of the price paid for a
  room in the hotel. If a municipality in the county imposes a tax
  under Chapter 351, the county may impose the tax on a hotel to which
  the municipal tax applies at a rate that, when added to the
  municipal tax rate, does not exceed seven percent of the price paid
  for a room in 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, 2011.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 3076 was passed by the House on May 3,
  2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 142, Nays 2, 1 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 3076 was passed by the Senate on May
  25, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0
  .
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor