Texas 2011 82nd Regular

Texas House Bill HB654 Comm Sub / Bill

                    82R11596 CJC-D
 By: Solomons H.B. No. 654
 Substitute the following for H.B. No. 654:
 By:  Hilderbran C.S.H.B. No. 654


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to a report regarding the municipality or county of origin
 of certain tax revenue collected by the comptroller.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 403, Government Code, is
 amended by adding Section 403.0142 to read as follows:
 Sec. 403.0142.  REPORT ON ORIGIN OF TAX REVENUE. (a) Before
 each regular session of the legislature, the comptroller shall
 report to the legislature and the governor on the amount of revenue
 remitted to the comptroller in each municipality and county for
 each tax collected by the comptroller if that information is
 available from tax returns.  The report may be included in any other
 report made by the comptroller.
 (b)  The comptroller shall report the information under
 Subsection (a) as an aggregate total for each tax without
 disclosing individual tax payments or taxpayers.
 (c)  The comptroller shall publish the report required under
 Subsection (a) on the comptroller's Internet website not later than
 the 20th day after the date the report is provided to the
 legislature and the governor.
 SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.