KP-0350

Summary

Chapter 351 of the Tax Code authorizes an expenditure of hotel occupancy tax revenue in the direct promotion of tourism and the convention and hotel industry, provided the expenditure is for one of the specified uses listed in the statute.  To the extent the particular agreement about which you ask expressly provides that the public space is intended to benefit the residents of the apartment complex and does not promote tourism and the convention and hotel industry, it does not satisfy section 351.101.  While it is ultimately a fact question, a court is unlikely to determine that the expenditure as described is an authorized expenditure of hotel occupancy tax revenue.