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      By: Birdwell S.B. No. 2779     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the allocation and use of certain hotel occupancy tax   revenues.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 156.2511, Tax Code, is amended by adding   Subsections (a-1) and (b-1) and amending Subsection (b) to read as   follows:           (a-1)     An eligible coastal municipality that receives a   warrant issued under Subsection (a) shall transfer the full amount   of the warrant to the park board of trustees created by the   municipality not later than the last day of the calendar month   immediately following the date the municipality received the   warrant.          (b)   Money [ An eligible coastal municipality may use money ]   received under this section may be used only to clean and maintain   public beaches in the eligible coastal [ that ] municipality.           (b-1)     The comptroller may issue a warrant under this section   only if the eligible coastal municipality has:                 (1)     allocated at least one percent of the tax imposed   by the municipality under Chapter 351 to clean and maintain public   beaches in the municipality;                 (2)  either:                       (A)     applied for state funds under Subchapter C,   Chapter 61, Natural Resources Code; or                       (B)     made available to the comptroller the same   information required to be contained in an application under   Section 61.069, Natural Resources Code; and                 (3)     on the request of the comptroller, submitted to   the comptroller:                       (A)     financial data necessary to demonstrate that   the municipality has satisfied the requirements of Subdivision (1);   and                       (B)     a signed attestation stating that the   municipality has satisfied the requirements of this subsection.          SECTION 2.  Section 351.101, Tax Code, is amended by adding   Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:           (b-1)     Notwithstanding Subsection (a), revenue derived from   the tax authorized by this chapter may not be expended in a manner   or by a program or activity that discriminates or prioritizes on the   basis of race, color, disability, sex, religion, age, or national   origin.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.