A municipality may undertake certain projects for areas with a common characteristic or use, including hotel-related projects in limited districts.
Sec. 372.0035. COMMON CHARACTERISTIC OR USE FOR PROJECTS IN MUNICIPALITIES. (a) Repealed by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 206 (S.B. 1921), Sec. 4, eff. May 28, 2025. (a-1) This section applies only to a public improvement district established by a municipality under this subchapter and solely composed of territory in which the only businesses are one or more hotels. (b) A municipality may undertake a project that confers a special benefit on areas that share a common characteristic or use. The areas may be noncontiguous. (c) This section does not prohibit a municipality from or limit a municipality to establishing a district that includes a noncontiguous area authorized by this subchapter. (d) A municipality that undertakes a project under this section may: (1) adopt procedures for the collection of assessments under this chapter that are consistent with the municipality's procedures for the collection of a hotel occupancy tax under Chapter 351, Tax Code; and (2) pursue remedies for the failure to pay an assessment under this chapter that are available to the municipality for failure to pay a hotel occupancy tax under Chapter 351, Tax Code. (e) Notwithstanding Section 372.003, a district created after September 1, 2019, may undertake a project under this section only for advertising, promotion, or business recruitment directly related to hotels. (e-1) Repealed by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 206 (S.B. 1921), Sec. 4, eff. May 28, 2025. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 970 (H.B. 1400), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2011. Amended by: Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1330 (S.B. 660), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2013. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 447 (S.B. 837), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 59 (S.B. 385), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 60 (S.B. 642), Sec. 1, eff. May 20, 2019. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 244 (H.B. 1417), Sec. 1, eff. May 28, 2019. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 994 (H.B. 1135), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2019. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 995 (H.B. 1136), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2019. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 995 (H.B. 1136), Sec. 2, eff. June 14, 2019. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 997 (H.B. 1474), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1271 (S.B. 386), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 644 (H.B. 4559), Sec. 185(a), eff. September 1, 2023. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 644 (H.B. 4559), Sec. 185(b), eff. September 1, 2023. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 644 (H.B. 4559), Sec. 185(c), eff. September 1, 2023. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 206 (S.B. 1921), Sec. 2, eff. May 28, 2025. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 206 (S.B. 1921), Sec. 4, eff. May 28, 2025.