(a) The municipality by ordinance or the county by order may require the owner or lessee of a parking facility to collect the tax for the benefit of the municipality or county.
(b) An owner or lessee required to collect the tax under this section shall add the tax to the parking charge, and the tax is a part of the parking charge, a debt owed to the parking facility owner or lessee by the person parking, and recoverable at law in the same manner as the parking charge.

Terms Used In Texas Local Government Code 334.204

  • Municipality: means a general-law municipality, home-rule municipality, or special-law municipality. See Texas Local Government Code 1.005
  • Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005

(c) The tax imposed by this subchapter is not an occupation tax imposed on the owner or lessee of the parking facility.