H.B. No. 2766 AN ACT relating to the exclusion of certain flow-through funds in determining total revenue for purposes of the franchise tax. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 171.1011(g), Tax Code, is amended to read as follows: (g) A taxable entity shall exclude from its total revenue, to the extent included under Subsection (c)(1)(A), (c)(2)(A), or (c)(3), only the following flow-through funds that are mandated by contract or subcontract to be distributed to other entities: (1) sales commissions to nonemployees, including split-fee real estate commissions; (2) the tax basis as determined under the Internal Revenue Code of securities underwritten; and (3) subcontracting payments made under a contract or subcontract entered into [handled] by the taxable entity to provide services, labor, or materials in connection with the actual or proposed design, construction, remodeling, remediation, or repair of improvements on real property or the location of the boundaries of real property. 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. ______________________________ ______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.B. No. 2766 was passed by the House on May 2, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, 2 present, not voting. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.B. No. 2766 was passed by the Senate on May 21, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. ______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: _____________________ Date _____________________ Governor