Sec. 352.109. RECORDS. (a) A county shall maintain a record that accurately identifies the receipt and expenditure of all revenue derived from the tax imposed under this chapter.
(b) A county or entity that spends revenue derived from the tax imposed under this chapter shall, before making an expenditure, specify in a list each scheduled activity or event that:
(1) is directly funded by the tax or is offered by an entity that has its administrative costs funded wholly or partly by the tax; and
(2) directly promotes tourism and hotel and convention activity.
(b-1) A county authorized by Section 352.002(a-1) to impose a tax under this chapter shall produce an annual report that describes the tourism, hotel, and convention activity that is attributable to events held at facilities that received funding from the tax during the period covered by the report.
(c) If the commissioners court of a county delegates to another entity the management or supervision of an activity or event funded by the tax imposed under this chapter, each entity that is ultimately funded by the tax shall, before making an expenditure, specify in a list each scheduled activity or event that:
(1) is directly funded by the tax or is offered by an entity that has its administrative costs funded wholly or partly by the tax; and
(2) directly promotes tourism and hotel and convention activity.
(d) Subsections (b) and (c) do not prevent the county or funded entity from subsequently adding an activity or event to the list required by those subsections if the activity or event directly promotes tourism and hotel and convention activity.
(e) This section does not prevent a county or funded entity from setting aside tax revenue in a designated reserve fund for use in supporting planned activities, future events, and facility improvements that directly promote tourism and hotel and convention activity.
(f) For the purposes of this section, all expenditures for a sports and community venue project and related infrastructure, as those terms are defined by Section 334.001, Local Government Code, are a single scheduled activity or event.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1458, Sec. 1.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 167 (S.B. 1463), Sec. 3, eff. May 22, 2007.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle D - Local Hotel Occupancy Taxes
Chapter 352 - County Hotel Occupancy Taxes
Subchapter B. Use and Allocation of Revenue
Section 352.101. Use of Revenue in Populous Counties
Section 352.1015. Use of Revenue: General Provisions
Section 352.102. Use of Revenue: Counties Bordering Mexico
Section 352.103. Use of Revenue: Counties With No Municipality
Section 352.1031. General Limitations on Use of Revenue
Section 352.1032. Use of Revenue: Counties Bordering Edwards Aquifer Authority
Section 352.1033. Use of Revenue; Counties Bordering the Gulf of Mexico
Section 352.1035. Certain Counties Bordering Whitney Lake
Section 352.1036. Use of Revenue: Counties Bordering Lake J
Section 352.1037. Use of Revenue: Certain Counties Bordering Neches and Trinity Rivers
Section 352.1038. Use of Revenue: Certain Counties Containing Universities
Section 352.1039. Use of Revenue: Certain Counties Through Which Aransas River Flows
Section 352.104. Pledge for Bonds
Section 352.105. Allocation of Revenue: Counties of More Than 3
Section 352.106. Use of Revenue; Certain Counties Bordering Mexico
Section 352.107. Hotel Tax Authorized for County Development Districts
Section 352.110. Use of Revenue; Certain Counties Located Wholly in Edwards Aquifer Authority
Section 352.112. Use of Revenue: Certain Counties Holding an Annual Strawberry Festival
Section 352.113. Use of Revenue: Certain Counties Bordering Lake Ray Roberts
Section 352.114. Use of Revenue: Certain Counties Containing an Indian Reservation