Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Government Code § 660.116: HOTEL OCCUPANCY AND SIMILAR TAXES.

Where this section sits in the code

GOVERNMENT CODE
TITLE 6. PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
SUBTITLE B. STATE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
CHAPTER 660. TRAVEL EXPENSES
SUBCHAPTER F. MEAL, LODGING, AND INCIDENTAL EXPENSES

(a) A state employee is entitled to be reimbursed for a state, county, or local hotel occupancy tax or any similar tax imposed by a law of this state, another state, or a foreign nation.

(b) A state employee is entitled to be reimbursed for a hotel occupancy or similar tax from which the employee is legally exempt only if the employee properly claims the exemption and the commercial lodging establishment refuses to honor the exemption.

(c) If a state agency directly pays a commercial lodging establishment under Section 660.114, the agency may directly pay a hotel occupancy or similar tax to the establishment.

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1300, Sec. 10, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

Collected 2026-08-27T01:47:16Z. Source file · JSON

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