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  H.B. No. 5105
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to authorizing certain counties to impose a hotel
  occupancy tax and the use of revenue from that tax.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 352.002, Tax Code, is amended by adding
  Subsection (v) to read as follows:
         (v)  The commissioners court of a county with a population of
  more than 650,000 that is adjacent to two counties, each having a
  population of more than 1.8 million, may impose a tax as provided by
  Subsection (a). A tax imposed under this subsection does not apply
  to a hotel that is located on contiguous property in more than one
  county.
         SECTION 2.  Section 352.003, Tax Code, is amended by adding
  Subsection (bb) to read as follows:
         (bb)  The tax rate in a county authorized to impose the tax
  under Section 352.002(v) may not exceed two percent of the price
  paid for a room in a hotel.
         SECTION 3.  Subchapter B, Chapter 352, Tax Code, is amended
  by adding Section 352.115 to read as follows:
         Sec. 352.115.  USE OF REVENUE: CERTAIN COUNTIES ADJACENT TO
  POPULOUS COUNTIES. In addition to the purposes authorized by this
  chapter, the revenue from a tax imposed under this chapter by a
  county authorized to impose the tax under Section 352.002(v) may be
  used for the purposes described by Section 352.112.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 5105 was passed by the House on May
  12, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 101, Nays 39, 2 present, not
  voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
  No. 5105 on May 26, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 113, Nays 29,
  1 present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 5105 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 24, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 28, Nays
  3.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor