H.B. No. 654
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.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 654 was passed by the House on May 5,
2011, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 654 was passed by the Senate on May
24, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor