Texas 2015 84th Regular

Texas House Bill HB2637 Introduced / Bill

Filed 03/09/2015

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                    84R10847 ADM-F
 By: Parker H.B. No. 2637


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to apportionment of margin from receipts from the sale of
 locomotives for purposes of the franchise tax.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Section 171.106, Tax Code, is amended by adding
 Subsection (h) to read as follows:
 (h)  A taxable entity's margin that is derived from receipts
 from the sale of locomotives sold for use in interstate commerce is
 apportioned to this state to determine the amount of the tax imposed
 under Section 171.002 by multiplying the taxable entity's total
 margin from receipts from the sale of locomotives sold for use in
 interstate commerce by a fraction, the numerator of which is the
 number of miles of railway track in this state and the denominator
 of which is the number of miles of railway track in the United
 States. In this subsection, "locomotive" means self-propelled
 railroad equipment consisting of one or more units designed to
 operate on stationary steel rails or electromagnetic guideways.
 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, 2016.