HomeMy WebLinkAbout023684 ORD - 06/29/1999AN ORDINANCE
INCREASING THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI TO NINE PERCENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF
IMPROVING THE CITY'S CONVENTION CENTER, IN
ACCORDANCE WITH HOUSE BILL 1655, 1999 TEXAS
LEGISLATURE; CONFORMING LANGUAGE RELATED TO THE
CITY'S HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX TO STATE LAW; PROVIDING
FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES; AND
DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, the 1999 Legislature enacted House Bill 1655, which is now effective,
authorizing an increased hotel occupancy tax for convention center purposes; and
WHEREAS, the City of Corpus Christi wishes to take advantage of the authority in House
Bill 1655 to improve its convention center.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, THAT:
SECTION 1. Section 17-36 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Corpus Christi is
amended to hereafter provide as follows:
Sec. 17-3. Same - Levy of taxes; rates; exceptions.
(a) There is hereby imposed levied, as authorized by and for the purposes provided in Chapter
351. Texas Tax Code .. - . ' - ..... . ' ' , a tax of nine percent
of the price paid for a room in a hotel on a person who. under a lease. concession. permit. right of
access. license. contract. or agreement. pays for the use or possession or for the right to the use or
possession of a room that is in a hotel. costs $2 or more each day. and is ordinarily used for sleeping
(b) No tax shall be imposed hereunder upon a permanent resident.
SECTION 2. The definition of "hotel" in Section 17-35 of the Code of Ordinances of the
City of Corpus Christi is amended to hereafter provide as follows:
As used in sections 17-36 through 1740, the following words, terms and phrases are defined
as follows:
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Hotel: A building inwhich _members of the public obtain sleeping accommodations for
consideration. The term includes a hotel. motel. tourist home. tourist house. tourist court. lodging
house inn. rooming house or bed and breakfast. The term does not include.
(1) a hospital sanitarium_ or nursing home: or
(2) a dormitory or other housing facility owned or leased and operated by an
institution of higher education or a private or independent institution of higher education as
those terms are defined by Section 61.003. Education Code. used by the institution for the
nurnose of providi g sleeping accommodations for persons engaged in an educational
program or activity at the institution
"l.ut.l ' shall not be dcfi...,d so as to i,ielnde-hospitals; so :tans o. nursing hei..ea,
SECTION 3. This ordinance shall be effective as to a room occupied by a person on or after
August 1, 1999.
SECTION 4. If for any reason any section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word or
provision of this ordinance shall be held invalid or unconstitutional by final judgment of a court of
competent jurisdiction it shall not affect any other section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase,
word or provision of this ordinance, for it is the definite intent of this city council that every section,
paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word or provision hereof be given full force and effect for
its purpose.
SECTION 5. Publication shall be made in the official publication of the City of Corpus
Christi as required by the City Charter of the City of Corpus Christi.
SECTION 6. That upon written request of the Mayor or five Council members, copy
attached, to find and declare an emergency due to the need for immediate action necessary for the
efficient and effective administration of City affairs, such finding of an emergency is made and
declared requiring suspension of the Charter rule as to consideration and voting upon ordinances at
two regular meetings so that this oowl 4ip�nce is passe and shall take effect upon first reading as an
aemergency measure this the ' raay of gt_, 1999.
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THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
Armando Chapa, City Secretary Samuel L. Neal, Jr., Mayor
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
LEGAL FORM APPROVED
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Alison Gallaway
Assistant City Attorney
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,1999; JAMES R. BRAY, JR., CITY ATTORNEY.
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Corpus Christi, Texas
0141—
`qdday
of 1999
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
Corpus Christi, Texas
For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the foregoing ordinance an emergency exists
requiring suspension of the Charter rule as to consideration and voting upon ordinances at two
regular meetings: Uwe, therefore, request that you suspend said Charter rule and pass this ordinance
finally on the date it is introduced, or at the present meeting of the City Council.
Respectfully, Respectfully,
Samuel L. Neal, Jr., May
Council Members
The above ordinance was passed by the following vote:
Samuel L. Neal, Jr.
Javier Colmenero
Melody Cooper
Henry Garrett
Dr. Arnold Gonzales
Rex A. Kinnison
Betty Jean Longoria
John Longoria
Mark Scott
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