SB 2947

AN ACT relating to the authority of certain municipalities to use certain

Senate Bill • Hagenbuch

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89th Regular Session

Jan 14, 2025 - Jun 2, 2025 • Session ended

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What This Bill Does

relating to the authority of certain municipalities to use certain

Subject Areas

City Government--Finance Taxation--Hotel, Motel Occupancy

Bill Text

relating to the authority of certain municipalities to use certain
tax revenue for certain qualified projects.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1.  Section 351.1015(b), Tax Code, as amended by
Chapters 644 (H.B. 4559), 779 (H.B. 5012), 927 (S.B. 2220), and 1110
(S.B. 1057), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023,
is reenacted and amended to read as follows:
(b)  This section applies only to a qualified project located
(1)  a municipality with a population of at least 5000
but less than 40000 according to the most recent federal decennial
(2)  a municipality that is adjacent to another state;
(3)  a municipality in a county which includes part of
the Lyndon B. Johnson National Grassland
SECTION 2.  To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails
over another Act of the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025,
relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted
SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

Bill History

filed

Bill filed: AN ACT relating to the authority of certain municipalities to use certain

Nov 10, 2025

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