2019-023 - Hotel Occupancy Tax for the Renovation, Repair and Other Improvement of the Love Civic Center

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ORDINANCE NO. 2019-023 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS ADOPTING A HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX FOR THE RENOVATION, REPAIR, AND OTHER IMPROVEMENT OF THE LOVE CIVIC CENTER AND AMENDING CODE OF ORDINANCES CHAPTER 30, "TAXATION," ARTICLE III, "HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX," SECTIONS 30-36, "DEFINITIONS," 30-37, "TAX LEVIED," AND 30-38, "USE OF REVENUE LIMITED," TO PROVIDE FOR SAME; PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, in Resolution No. 2019-003 the City Council of the City of Paris, Texas (the "City") designated the Love Civic Center, and in particular the making of renovations, repairs and other improvements thereto, a "Venue Project" (referred to herein as the "Venue Project") and declared its intention to finance and to provide for the undertaking of the Venue Project, all pursuant to the authority granted by Chapter 334, Texas Local Government Code (the "Act"); and WHEREAS, the City has received a determination from the Comptroller of Public Accounts that the Venue Project will not have a significant negative fiscal impact on state revenue, as required by the Act; and WHEREAS, in Resolution No. 2019-007, pursuant to the Act, the City Council called a special election on the question of authorizing the Venue Project and authorizing an additional hotel occupancy tax at a rate not to exceed two percent (2%); and WHEREAS, said special election occurred on May 4, 2019, Proposition A authorizing the Venue Project and imposing a new hotel occupancy tax at the rate of 2% for the purpose of financing the Venue Project passed by a vote of 252 votes for the proposition and 51 votes against; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS: Section 1. The findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby in all things approved and adopted. Section 2. In accordance with the results of the May 4, 2019 special election, a hotel occupancy tax at the rate of two percent (2%) is hereby adopted for the purposes of the Venue Project; said tax is in addition to the hotel occupancy tax of seven percent (7%) provided for in Section 30-37 of the Code of Ordinances. Section 3. Section 30-36, "Definitions," of the Code of Ordinances is and shall be amended to add the following definition: