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Bee Cave council asks state to allow hotel tax for sporting events, approves resolution
Summary
The Bee Cave City Council on Feb. 26 voted unanimously to ask the Texas Legislature to amend Chapter 351 of the Texas Tax Code so the city can spend municipal hotel occupancy tax revenue on certain sporting-event costs and on constructing or expanding sports facilities.
The Bee Cave City Council on Feb. 26 voted unanimously to ask the Texas Legislature to amend Chapter 351 of the Texas Tax Code so the city can spend municipal hotel occupancy tax (HOT) revenue on certain sporting-event costs and on constructing or expanding sports facilities.
City Manager Oakley told the council that because Bee Cave lies in Travis County (a county with population greater than 1 million), state law currently bars the city from using its HOT revenue for sporting events or the construction of sports facilities. Oakley said the resolution would ask the Legislature to add Bee Cave to language already being proposed by Representative Shelby or…
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