83R10564 CJC-F By: Button H.B. No. 2684 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to an exemption from the franchise tax for certain political subdivision corporations. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 171, Tax Code, is amended by adding Section 171.086 to read as follows: Sec. 171.086. EXEMPTION: POLITICAL SUBDIVISION CORPORATION. A political subdivision corporation formed under Section 304.001, Local Government Code, is exempted from the franchise tax. 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.