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            S.B. No. 1057
         
               AN ACT
            
            relating to the authority of certain municipalities and local 
         
            government corporations 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, Tax Code, is amended by 
         
            amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (j) to read as 
         
            follows:
         
                   (b)  This section applies only to a qualified project located 
         
            in:
         
                         (1)  a municipality with a population of at least 
         
            650,000 but less than 750,000 according to the most recent federal 
         
            decennial census; or
         
                         (2)  a municipality with a population of at least two 
         
            million.
         
                   (j)  A local government corporation to which this subsection 
         
            applies may act as a municipality under this section and is 
         
            considered to be a municipality for purposes of this section.  With 
         
            respect to a local government corporation to which this subsection 
         
            applies, the term "qualified project" includes a venue and any 
         
            related infrastructure.  This subsection applies only to a local 
         
            government corporation that:
         
                         (1)  is authorized to collect a municipal hotel 
         
            occupancy tax; and
         
                         (2)  is located in a county with a population of 3.3 
         
            million or more.
         
                   SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
         
            ______________________________
            ______________________________
         
               President of the Senate
            Speaker of the House     
         
                   I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1057 passed the Senate on 
         
            April 17, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 25, Nays 6; and that 
         
            the Senate concurred in House amendments on May 25, 2023, by the 
         
            following vote:  Yeas 25, Nays 6.
         
            ______________________________
         
            Secretary of the Senate    
         
                   I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1057 passed the House, with 
         
            amendments, on May 23, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 110, 
         
            Nays 29, two present not voting.
         
            ______________________________
         
            Chief Clerk of the House   
         
            Approved:
         
            ______________________________ 
         
                        Date
         
            ______________________________ 
         
                      Governor
         
Statutes affected: 
Introduced: Tax Code 351.1015 (Tax Code 351)
Senate Committee Report: Tax Code 351.1015 (Tax Code 351)
Engrossed: Tax Code 351.1015 (Tax Code 351)
House Committee Report: Tax Code 351.1015 (Tax Code 351)
Enrolled: Tax Code 351.1015 (Tax Code 351)




	AN ACT
	relating to the authority of certain municipalities and local
	government corporations 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, Tax Code, is amended by
	amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (j) to read as
	follows:
	(b) This section applies only to a qualified project located
	in:
	(1) a municipality with a population of at least
	650,000 but less than 750,000 according to the most recent federal
	decennial census; or
	(2) a municipality with a population of at least two
	million.
	(j) A local government corporation to which this subsection
	applies may act as a municipality under this section and is
	considered to be a municipality for purposes of this section. With
	respect to a local government corporation to which this subsection
	applies, the term "qualified project" includes a venue and any
	related infrastructure. This subsection applies only to a local
	government corporation that:
	(1) is authorized to collect a municipal hotel
	occupancy tax; and
	(2) is located in a county with a population of 3.3
	million or more.
	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.





	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House

	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1057 passed the Senate on
	April 17, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 25, Nays 6; and that
	the Senate concurred in House amendments on May 25, 2023, by the
	following vote: Yeas 25, Nays 6.


	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate

	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1057 passed the House, with
	amendments, on May 23, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 110,
	Nays 29, two present not voting.


	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House



	Approved:

	______________________________
	Date


	______________________________
	Governor