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.