| 1 | 1 | | By: Alvarado, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Taylor) H.B. No. 2482 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2013; |
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| 3 | 3 | | May 8, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Economic |
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| 4 | 4 | | Development; May 16, 2013, reported favorably by the following |
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| 5 | 5 | | vote: Yeas 4, Nays 0; May 16, 2013, sent to printer.) |
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| 7 | 7 | | |
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| 8 | 8 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 9 | 9 | | AN ACT |
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| 10 | 10 | | relating to a study to determine the reasons major manufacturers |
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| 11 | 11 | | have chosen to invest in other states after considering development |
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| 12 | 12 | | in this state. |
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| 13 | 13 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 14 | 14 | | SECTION 1. In this Act, "major manufacturer" means a person |
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| 15 | 15 | | that: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (1) is engaged in the business of manufacturing; |
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| 17 | 17 | | (2) invested $1 million or more in developing, |
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| 18 | 18 | | expanding, or maintaining manufacturing operations in another |
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| 19 | 19 | | state after September 1, 2011, and before September 1, 2014; and |
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| 20 | 20 | | (3) was offered economic incentives by the state or a |
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| 21 | 21 | | local government related to developing, expanding, or maintaining |
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| 22 | 22 | | manufacturing operations in this state before choosing to make that |
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| 23 | 23 | | investment. |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 2. The comptroller of public accounts shall conduct |
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| 25 | 25 | | a study on the reasons major manufacturers have chosen to invest in |
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| 26 | 26 | | other states after the manufacturers were offered economic |
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| 27 | 27 | | incentives by the state or a local government to develop in this |
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| 28 | 28 | | state. The study may include examining those reasons specific to |
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| 29 | 29 | | the economic incentives that were offered and to the promotion of |
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| 30 | 30 | | manufacturing development. The comptroller's office shall solicit |
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| 31 | 31 | | interviews with an executive of each major manufacturer that |
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| 32 | 32 | | declined the incentives. The interviews must address |
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| 33 | 33 | | recommendations for this state to effectively compete with other |
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| 34 | 34 | | states in promoting manufacturing development. |
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| 35 | 35 | | SECTION 3. Not later than December 1, 2014, the comptroller |
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| 36 | 36 | | of public accounts shall provide a report on the results of the |
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| 37 | 37 | | study, including an analysis of the results, to the speaker of the |
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| 38 | 38 | | house of representatives, the lieutenant governor, the governor, |
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| 39 | 39 | | and each standing committee of the legislature that has relevant |
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| 40 | 40 | | jurisdiction. |
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| 41 | 41 | | SECTION 4. This Act expires January 1, 2015. |
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| 42 | 42 | | SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 43 | 43 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 44 | 44 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 45 | 45 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 46 | 46 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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| 47 | 47 | | * * * * * |
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