H.B. No. 3230 AN ACT relating to the determination of eligible costs and expenses for purposes of the franchise tax credit for the rehabilitation of historic structures. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 171.901(4), Tax Code, is amended to read as follows: (4) "Eligible costs and expenses" means qualified rehabilitation expenditures as defined by Section 47(c)(2), Internal Revenue Code, except that the depreciation and tax-exempt use provisions of that section do not apply to costs and expenses incurred by an entity exempt from the tax imposed under this chapter by Section 171.063, and those costs and expenses are eligible costs and expenses if the other provisions of Section 47(c)(2), Internal Revenue Code, are satisfied. 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. ______________________________ ______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.B. No. 3230 was passed by the House on May 4, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 137, Nays 0, 2 present, not voting. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.B. No. 3230 was passed by the Senate on May 24, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 1. ______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: _____________________ Date _____________________ Governor