By: Bell of Montgomery H.B. No. 5213       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the Texas Media Production Fund.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:   ARTICLE 1. TEXAS MEDIA PRODUCTION FUND          SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 485, Government Code, is   amended by adding Section 485.048 to read as follows:          Sec. 485.048.  TEXAS MEDIA PRODUCTION. (a) In this section,   "Fund" means the Texas Media Production Fund established under   Section 485.047, Government Code.          (b) The Texas Media Production Fund is established as a trust   fund outside the state treasury to be held by the comptroller and   administered by the commission as trustee. Money in the fund may be   spent without legislative appropriation and may be used only as   provided by this chapter. Separate accounts may be established in   the Texas Media Production Fund as determined by the Comptroller.     Interest and other earnings on the balance of the fund shall be   credited to the fund.          (c)  The fund consists of:                 (1)  money transferred or deposited to the credit of   the fund by general law,                (2)  the proceeds of any fee or tax imposed by this   state that by statute is dedicated for deposit to the credit of the   fund;                (3)  any other revenue that the legislature by statute   dedicates for deposit to the credit of the fund;                 (4)  investment earnings and interest earned on amounts   credited to the fund; or                 (5)  appropriations of state or federal funds as   determined by the Legislature.           (d)  This fund may only be used for purposes allowed under   Chapter 485, Subchapter B, Government Code.          SECTION 2.  Section 156.2511, Tax Code, is amended to read as   follows:          Sec. 156.2511.  ALLOCATION OF CERTAIN REVENUE. (a)  Not   later than the last day of the month following a calendar quarter,   the comptroller shall:                (1)  compute the amount of revenue derived from the   collection of taxes imposed under this chapter at a rate of two   percent and received from hotels located in an eligible coastal   municipality that has created a park board of trustees to   administer public beaches under Chapter 306, Local Government Code;   and                (2)  issue to the eligible coastal municipality a   warrant drawn on the general revenue fund in the amount computed   under Subdivision (1).          (b)  An eligible coastal municipality may use money received   under this section only to clean and maintain public beaches in that   municipality.          (c)  Section 403.094(h), Government Code, does not apply to   funds described by Subsection (a).          (d)  In this section:                (1)  "Eligible coastal municipality" has the meaning   assigned by Section 351.001.                (2)  "Clean and maintain" has the meaning assigned by   Section 61.063, Natural Resources Code.          (e)  On September 1 of each fiscal year an amount not to   exceed $50,000,000 per year shall be transferred to the Texas Media   Production Fund by appropriation from the Comptroller's Fiscal   Affairs Programs in the General Appropriations Act.           SECTION 3.  Except as otherwise provided by this Act, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2023.