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Chapter 1057
H.B. No. 4661
1 AN ACT
2 relating to the rate of the municipal hotel occupancy tax in certain
3 municipalities and to the use of certain revenue from the tax.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
5 SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 351, Tax Code, is amended
6 by adding Section 351.0035 to read as follows:
7 Sec. 351.0035. TAX RATE AND USE IN CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES.
8 (a) The tax imposed by this chapter in a home-rule municipality
9 that was originally chartered in or after 1938, that is home to a
10 major state university, and that is located in a county bordered by
11 the Brazos and Navasota Rivers, may be imposed at any rate not to
12 exceed 7.75 percent of the price paid for a room in a hotel.
13 (b) The municipality shall allocate for the construction of
14 a convention center in the municipality all revenue received by the
15 municipality that is derived from the application of the tax at a
16 rate of more than seven percent of the price paid for a room in a
17 hotel.
18 (c) The municipality may not increase the rate of the tax to
19 a rate above seven percent before the date the municipality
20 executes a contract for the construction of the convention center.
21 (d) This section expires on the date the governing body of
22 the municipality certifies that all debt relating to the convention
23 center payable from the tax, including interest and any costs
24 relating to the debt, has been paid in full or a deposit has been
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Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. 81st Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 4661, Chapter 1057, legislative document, June 19, 2009; [Austin, Texas]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth148889/m1/1/?q=%22Brown%2C+Fred%22: accessed June 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.