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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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TAX CODE |
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Title 2. STATE TAXATION |
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Subtitle E. SALES, EXCISE, AND USE TAXES |
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Chapter 156. HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX |
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Subchapter F. DISPOSITION OF REVENUE |
Sec. 156.2511. ALLOCATION OF CERTAIN REVENUE
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(a) Not later than the last day of the month following a calendar quarter, the comptroller shall:
(1) compute the amount of revenue derived from the collection of taxes imposed under this chapter at a rate of two percent and received from hotels located in an eligible coastal municipality that has created a park board of trustees to administer public beaches under Chapter 306, Local Government Code; and
(2) issue to the eligible coastal municipality a warrant drawn on the general revenue fund in the amount computed under Subdivision (1).
(b) An eligible coastal municipality may use money received under this section only to clean and maintain public beaches in that municipality.
(c) Section 403.094(h), Government Code, does not apply to funds described by Subsection (a).
(d) In this section:
(1) "Eligible coastal municipality" has the meaning assigned by Section 351.001.
(2) "Clean and maintain" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.063, Natural Resources Code.