83R3034 KLA-D By: White H.B. No. 1431 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the exclusion of certain funds in determining total revenue for purposes of the franchise tax by taxable entities engaged in the business of harvesting trees for wood. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 171.1011, Tax Code, is amended by adding Subsection (g-9) to read as follows: (g-9) A taxable entity that is primarily engaged in the business of harvesting trees for wood shall exclude from its total revenue, to the extent included under Subsection (c)(1)(A), (c)(2)(A), or (c)(3), payments made by the taxable entity to a person who owns or controls the land from which the trees are harvested, provided that person is not the taxable entity. SECTION 2. This Act applies only to a report originally due on or after the effective date of this Act. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2014.