Cover Surcharge Would Provide Millions For Sex Assault Programs, Health Care (CBS 42) AUSTIN -- Two Texas lawmakers are proposing another tax on strip clubs. Sen. Royce West, D-Dallas, and Representative Ellen Cohen, D-Houston, say they will file legislation within the week that will raise millions for sexual assault programs and indigent health care in the Lone Star State -- at the expense of the patrons of strip clubs. You may remember the dust-up a few years ago over the 'tassel tax' -- a $5 surcharge on entry to men's clubs that Governor Rick Perry and Representative Will Hartnett...