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Finance/Economic Development

Articles/Memos

What Cities Need to Know to Administer the Local Hotel Occupancy Tax

The Hotel Tax "Two-Step"

Budget and Taxation Deadlines: Large City (2008)

Budget and Taxation Deadlines: Small City (2008)

School Finance and Texas Cities

School Finance Reform: TML Resolution

School Finance: Where Do Texas Cities Get Their Money?

Limitations on Economic Development Authority

Papers

Hotel Occupancy Tax

Tax Abatement Agreements

Bankrupcy - What Every City Attorney Should Know

Chapter 380 Economic Development Agreements

Section 4A and 4B Sales Tax

Economic Development Basics

Economic Development Corporation Dissolution

Example Documents

Sample hotel occupancy tax ordinance

Sample chamber of commerce hotel tax contract

Depository Agreement

Depository RFP Sample

"Tax Freeze Sample" Information Sheet

Super Freeport Opt-Out Ordinance

Miscellaneous

Economic Development Basics

Litigating Economic Development

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