Sec. 485.042.  TEXAS MUSIC INCUBATOR REBATE PROGRAM.  (a)  The office shall administer the Texas music incubator rebate program under which the office shall provide to eligible music venues and eligible music festival promoters from money appropriated from the Texas music incubator account a full or partial rebate of the mixed beverage gross receipts taxes and sales tax receipts attributable to the sale of beer and wine and remitted to the comptroller annually by those venues and promoters.  The Texas music incubator account shall be funded by mixed beverage gross receipts taxes and sales tax receipts attributable to the sale of beer and wine remitted annually by venues and promoters and deposited into that account as required by Sections 151.801(f) and 183.023(c), Tax Code.  The rebates are to assist eligible music venues and eligible music festival promoters in their efforts to support and continue to bring to local communities in this state live musical performances, including the recruitment of musical performance artists.
(b)  The office may not provide a rebate under the program to a music venue or music festival promoter in an amount that exceeds the lesser of:
(1)  the amount of mixed beverage gross receipts taxes and sales taxes attributable to the sale of beer and wine remitted in the preceding fiscal year to the comptroller by the music venue or music festival promoter as a permittee or permit holder; or
(2)  $100,000.
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 84 (S.B. 609), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.