Texas Temporarily Halts Hotel, Motel Taxes for Ike AUSTIN, TX (kccu-fm) - Texas Governor Rick Perry is suspending for 14 days the collection of state and local hotel and motel taxes for victims of Hurricane Ike.

Perry announced the suspension of the taxes last night in a statement.

The move came as nearly 1 million people along the Texas coast were ordered to evacuate ahead of the storm, which was expected to strike late today or early tomorrow.

He said the suspension is backdated to September 8th. © Copyright 2009, kccu-fm