Tex. Local Government Code § 334.254
This is the official text of Tex. Local Government Code § 334.254, part of Texas’s Local Government Code — governs the powers and operations of Texas cities and counties.
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§ 334.254. TAX RATE.
Official statutory text
(a) Except as provided by Subsections (c) and (d), the tax authorized by this subchapter may be imposed by a municipality or county at any rate not to exceed two percent of the price paid for a room in a hotel.
(b) The ballot proposition at the election held to adopt the tax must specify:
(1) the maximum rate of the tax to be adopted; and
(2) the maximum combined hotel occupancy tax rate that would be imposed from all sources at any location in the municipality or county, as applicable, if the rate proposed in the ballot proposition is adopted.
(c) Except as provided by Subsection (d), a county with a population of more than 2.5 million that is adjacent to a county with a population of more than 2.1 million may impose the tax authorized by this subchapter at any rate not to exceed three percent of the price paid for a room in a hotel.
(d) A municipality or county may not propose a hotel occupancy tax rate that would cause the combined hotel occupancy tax rate imposed from all sources at any location in the municipality or county, as applicable, to exceed 17 percent of the price paid for a room in a hotel. The following are not included in calculating the combined tax rate under this subsection:
(1) an assessment for an improvement project described by Section 372.0035;
(2) an assessment authorized by Chapter 375; or
(3) a fee collected by a hotel to recover the cost of an assessment described by Subdivision (1) or (2).
(b) The ballot proposition at the election held to adopt the tax must specify:
(1) the maximum rate of the tax to be adopted; and
(2) the maximum combined hotel occupancy tax rate that would be imposed from all sources at any location in the municipality or county, as applicable, if the rate proposed in the ballot proposition is adopted.
(c) Except as provided by Subsection (d), a county with a population of more than 2.5 million that is adjacent to a county with a population of more than 2.1 million may impose the tax authorized by this subchapter at any rate not to exceed three percent of the price paid for a room in a hotel.
(d) A municipality or county may not propose a hotel occupancy tax rate that would cause the combined hotel occupancy tax rate imposed from all sources at any location in the municipality or county, as applicable, to exceed 17 percent of the price paid for a room in a hotel. The following are not included in calculating the combined tax rate under this subsection:
(1) an assessment for an improvement project described by Section 372.0035;
(2) an assessment authorized by Chapter 375; or
(3) a fee collected by a hotel to recover the cost of an assessment described by Subdivision (1) or (2).
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