Title LG, Local Government Code

Sec. 334.004. OTHER USES OF VENUE PERMITTED. This chapter does not prohibit the use of a venue for an event that is not related to a purpose described by Section 334.001, such as a community-related event. Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 551, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

Sec. 334.005. SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE. (a) The legislature expressly finds and determines that: (1) the presence of a professional sports team in an approved venue project built or renovated under this chapter provides a unique value to the municipality or county that built or renov…

Sec. 334.006. PROHIBITION AGAINST TAX EXPANSION. In a county with a population of over 2.8 million, no tax on real property or on personal property may be used for the operation, maintenance, renovation, or repair of any venue authorized by an election on November 5, 1996, and co…

Sec. 334.007. RESTRICTION ON USE OF WATER OBTAINED AS RESULT OF ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY. Water obtained as a result of an acquisition of property for a project described by Section 334.001(4)(F) may be used only for the maintenance of that property. Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg.,…

Sec. 334.008. PARKS AND RECREATION SYSTEM AS VENUE PROJECT: CERTAIN COUNTIES. (a) A county that contains no incorporated territory of a municipality may provide for the planning, acquisition, establishment, development, construction, or renovation of a county parks and recreation…

Sec. 334.0082. VENUE PROJECTS IN CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES. (a) This section applies only to a municipality that: (1) has a population of at least 250,000 that borders the Rio Grande, and that approved a sports and community venue project before January 1, 2009; or (2) is located in…

Sec. 334.0083. VENUE PROJECTS IN CERTAIN COUNTIES. (a) In this section, "venue" has the meaning assigned by Section 334.001 and includes a tourism development project such as a park, aquarium, birding center, bird viewing site, history center, art center, nature center, nature tr…

Sec. 334.021. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PROJECT. (a) A county or municipality by resolution may provide for the planning, acquisition, establishment, development, construction, or renovation of a venue project if: (1) the comptroller determines under Section 334.022 or 334.023 that …

Sec. 334.022. STATE FISCAL IMPACT ANALYSIS. (a) Before calling an election on the resolution under Section 334.024, the municipality or county shall send a copy of the resolution to the comptroller. (b) Before the 15th day after the date the comptroller receives the copy of the r…

Sec. 334.023. APPEAL OF COMPTROLLER DETERMINATION. (a) If the comptroller determines under Section 334.022 that implementation of the resolution will have a significant negative fiscal impact on state revenue, the municipality or county may contest the finding by filing an appeal…

Sec. 334.0235. TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY IMPACT ANALYSIS. (a) If the resolution contains a proposed sales and use tax under Subchapter D, and imposition of the tax would result in the reduction of the tax rate of a rapid transit authority created under Chapter 451, Transportation …

Sec. 334.0236. APPEAL OF AUTHORITY DETERMINATION. (a) If a rapid transit authority determines under Section 334.0235 that implementation of the resolution will have a significant negative impact on the authority's ability to provide services or will impair an existing contract, t…

Sec. 334.024. ELECTION. (a) If the comptroller determines under Section 334.022 or 334.023 that the implementation of the resolution will not have a significant negative fiscal impact on state revenue, and, if applicable, the rapid transit authority determines under Section 334.0…

Sec. 334.0241. ELECTION ON USE OF AD VALOREM TAXES. (a) The governing body of a municipality or county imposing a hotel occupancy tax under Subchapter H may order an election on the question of approving the use of revenue derived from ad valorem taxes to finance a venue project.…

Sec. 334.0242. ELECTION ON USE OF TAXES TO IMPROVE OR MAINTAIN VENUE PROJECT. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (e), if one or more methods of financing have been approved at an election held under Section 334.024, the governing body of the municipality or county imposing the …

Sec. 334.025. FALSE AND MISLEADING CAMPAIGN MATERIAL. (a) In this section, "campaign material" means a communication supporting or opposing the authorization of a venue project that: (1) in return for consideration, is published in a newspaper, magazine, or other periodical or is…

Sec. 334.041. GENERAL POWERS. (a) A municipality or county may perform any act necessary to the full exercise of the municipality's or county's powers under this chapter. (b) A municipality or county may acquire, sell, lease, convey, or otherwise dispose of property or an interes…

Sec. 334.0415. USE OF FINANCING FOR CERTAIN PROJECTS. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a municipality or county, or an entity created by or acting on behalf of or in conjunction with a municipality or county, that contracts with a professional sports team or t…

Sec. 334.042. VENUE PROJECT FUND. (a) A municipality or county in which an approved venue project is located shall establish by resolution a fund known as the venue project fund. The municipality or county shall establish separate accounts within the fund for the various revenue …

Sec. 334.0425. BOOKS, RECORDS, AND PAPERS. The books, records, and papers of the municipality or county relating to an approved venue project and the revenue used to finance the project are public information and subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code. Added by …

Sec. 334.043. BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS. (a) A municipality or county in which an approved venue project is located may issue bonds, including revenue bonds and refunding bonds, or other obligations to pay the costs of the approved venue project. (b) The bonds or other obligati…

Sec. 334.044. PUBLIC PURPOSE OF VENUE PROJECT. (a) The legislature finds for all constitutional and statutory purposes that an approved venue project is owned, used, and held for public purposes by the municipality or county. (b) Section 25.07(a), Tax Code, does not apply to a le…

Sec. 334.045. PUBLIC SQUARE OR MUNICIPAL PARK. Section 253.001(b) does not apply to the sale or lease of a public square or municipal park for the acquisition, establishment, development, construction, or renovation of an approved venue project. Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch.…

Sec. 334.081. SALES AND USE TAX. (a) A municipality by ordinance or a county by order may impose a sales and use tax under this subchapter. (b) A municipality by ordinance or a county by order may repeal or decrease the rate of a tax imposed under this subchapter. (c) A municipal…

Sec. 334.082. TAX CODE APPLICABLE. (a) Chapter 321, Tax Code, governs the imposition, computation, administration, collection, and remittance of a municipal tax authorized under this subchapter except as inconsistent with this chapter. (b) Chapter 323, Tax Code, governs the impos…

Sec. 334.083. TAX RATE. (a) The rate of a tax adopted by a county under this subchapter must be one-eighth, one-fourth, three-eighths, or one-half of one percent. The rate of the tax adopted by a municipality may be any rate that is an increment of one-eighth of one percent, that…

Sec. 334.084. RATE INCREASE. (a) A municipality that has adopted a sales and use tax under this subchapter at any rate, and a county that has adopted a sales and use tax under this subchapter at a rate of less than one-half of one percent, may by ordinance or order increase the r…

Sec. 334.085. IMPOSITION IN MUNICIPALITY OR COUNTY WITH OTHER TAXING AUTHORITY. (a) In this section, "taxing authority" means: (1) a rapid transit authority created under Chapter 451, Transportation Code; (2) a regional transportation authority created under Chapter 452, Transpor…

Sec. 334.0855. IMPOSITION IN CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES. (a) This section applies only to a: (1) municipality that is included in a regional transportation authority created under Chapter 452, Transportation Code; and (2) county that is included within the boundaries of …

Sec. 334.086. IMPOSITION OF TAX. (a) If the municipality or county adopts the tax, a tax is imposed on the receipts from the sale at retail of taxable items in the municipality or county at the rate approved at the election. (b) There is also imposed an excise tax on the use, sto…

Sec. 334.087. EFFECTIVE DATE OF TAX. The adoption of the tax or the change of the tax rate takes effect on the first day of the first calendar quarter occurring after the expiration of the first complete quarter occurring after the date on which the comptroller receives a notice …

Sec. 334.088. DEPOSIT OF TAX REVENUES. Revenue from the tax imposed under this subchapter shall be deposited in the venue project fund of the municipality or county imposing the tax. Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 551, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

Sec. 334.089. ABOLITION OF TAX. (a) A sales and use tax imposed under this subchapter may not be collected after the last day of the first calendar quarter occurring after notification to the comptroller by the municipality or county that the municipality or county has abolished …

Sec. 334.101. DEFINITIONS. (a) In this subchapter: (1) "Motor vehicle" means a self-propelled vehicle designed principally to transport persons or property on a public roadway and includes a passenger car, van, station wagon, sports utility vehicle, and truck. The term does not i…

Sec. 334.1015. APPLICATION. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), this subchapter does not apply to the financing of a venue project that is an area or facility that is part of a municipal parks and recreation system. (b) A municipality located on the international border may…

Sec. 334.102. TAX AUTHORIZED. (a) A municipality by ordinance or a county by order may impose a tax on the rental in the municipality or county of a motor vehicle. (b) A municipality by ordinance or a county by order may repeal or decrease the rate of a tax imposed under Subsecti…

Sec. 334.103. SHORT-TERM RENTAL TAX. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the tax authorized by this subchapter is imposed at a rate in increments of one-eighth of one percent, not to exceed five percent, on the gross rental receipts from the rental in the municipality or co…

Sec. 334.104. RATE INCREASE. (a) Except as provided by Section 334.1041, a municipality or county that has adopted a tax under this subchapter at a rate of less than five percent may by ordinance or order increase the rate of the tax to a maximum of five percent if the increase i…

Sec. 334.1041. RATE INCREASE IN CERTAIN POPULOUS COUNTIES. (a) This section applies only to 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. (b) A county that has adopted a tax under this subchapter at a …

Sec. 334.105. COMPUTATION OF TAX. (a) The owner of a motor vehicle subject to the tax imposed under this subchapter shall collect the tax for the benefit of the municipality or county. (b) The owner shall add the short-term motor vehicle rental tax imposed by the municipality or …

Sec. 334.106. CONSUMMATION OF RENTAL. A rental of a motor vehicle occurs in the municipality or county in which transfer of possession of the motor vehicle occurs. Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 551, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

Sec. 334.107. EXEMPTIONS APPLICABLE. The exemptions provided by Subchapter E, Chapter 152, Tax Code, apply to the tax authorized by this subchapter. Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 551, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

Sec. 334.108. NOTICE OF TAX. Each bill or other receipt for a rental subject to the tax imposed under this subchapter must contain a statement in a conspicuous location stating: "_______ (insert name of taxing municipality or county) requires that an additional tax of ____ percen…

Sec. 334.109. GROSS RECEIPTS PRESUMED SUBJECT TO TAX. All gross receipts of an owner of a motor vehicle from the rental of the motor vehicle are presumed to be subject to the tax imposed by this subchapter, except for gross receipts for which the owner has accepted in good faith …

Sec. 334.110. RECORDS. (a) The owner of a motor vehicle used for rental purposes shall keep for four years records and supporting documents containing the following information on the amount of: (1) gross rental receipts received from the rental of the motor vehicle; and (2) the …

Sec. 334.111. FAILURE TO KEEP RECORDS. (a) An owner of a motor vehicle commits an offense if the owner fails to make and retain complete records for the four-year period required by Section 334.110. (b) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not le…