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Council postpones decision on county request to authorize Grimes County hotel tax after business objections
Summary
The council delayed action on a request from the county for a letter supporting state legislation that would let Grimes County levy a hotel occupancy tax; council voted to postpone indefinitely after hotel operators and members of the public raised concerns.
The council voted to postpone indefinitely consideration of a resolution that would authorize the mayor to sign a letter supporting state legislation to permit Grimes County to levy a hotel occupancy tax.
County representatives had asked the city to send a letter supporting legislation that—if passed by the Legislature and later adopted by county ordinance—would allow the county to tax hotel stays at rates staff described as 7% in unincorporated areas outside municipal extra‑territorial jurisdictions (ETJ) and 2% within incorporated areas and ETJs.…
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