HB2370 - Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to use hotel occupancy tax revenue for certain venue projects.

  89R25702 CJD-D     By: Lopez of Cameron, Muñoz, Guillen, H.B. No. 2370       Raymond, Lujan       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the authority of certain municipalities to use hotel   occupancy tax revenue for certain venue projects.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 334.0082, Local Government Code, is   amended by adding Subsections (d) and (e) to read as follows:           (d)     Notwithstanding Subsection (a) and subject to this   subsection, this section also applies to a municipality that has a   population of at least 70,000 but not more than 180,000 and that is   located in a county that borders the United Mexican States and the   Gulf of Mexico.   A municipality described by this subsection may   impose a tax as authorized under Subsection (b)(2) only to finance a   convention center constructed before January 1, 2023. The   authority of the municipality to impose the tax as authorized under   Subsection (b)(2) expires on the earlier of:                 (1)     the date the debt issued for the convention center   described by this subsection is repaid; or                 (2)  January 1, 2054.           (e)     Subsection (d) and this subsection expire January 1,   2054.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.