Sec. 156.2511. ALLOCATION OF CERTAIN REVENUE. (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.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 454, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle E - Sales, Excise, and Use Taxes
Chapter 156 - Hotel Occupancy Tax
Subchapter F. Disposition of Revenue
Section 156.251. Revenue Deposited in General Revenue Fund
Section 156.2511. Allocation of Certain Revenue
Section 156.2512. Allocation of Revenue to Certain Municipalities
Section 156.2513. Allocation of Revenue to Certain Municipalities and Counties
Section 156.252. Temporary Allocation of Certain Revenue to Benefit Coastal Counties