| 1 | 1 | | 87R8645 SRA-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Menéndez S.B. No. 2035 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the use of proceeds from the collection of sales and use |
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| 8 | 8 | | taxes on items purchased under the supplemental nutrition |
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| 9 | 9 | | assistance program to provide grants for food banks and other |
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| 10 | 10 | | charitable organizations. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Section 151.801, Tax Code, is amended by |
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| 13 | 13 | | amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (f) to read as |
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| 14 | 14 | | follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (a) Except for the amounts allocated under Subsections (b), |
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| 16 | 16 | | (c), (c-2), [and] (c-3), and (f), all proceeds from the collection |
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| 17 | 17 | | of the taxes imposed by this chapter shall be deposited to the |
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| 18 | 18 | | credit of the general revenue fund. |
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| 19 | 19 | | (f) The amount of the proceeds from the collection of the |
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| 20 | 20 | | taxes imposed by this chapter on the sale or use of taxable items |
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| 21 | 21 | | purchased wholly or partly with benefits provided under the |
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| 22 | 22 | | supplemental nutrition assistance program operated under Chapter |
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| 23 | 23 | | 33, Human Resources Code, shall be deposited to the credit of an |
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| 24 | 24 | | account in the general revenue fund administered by the Department |
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| 25 | 25 | | of Agriculture. The comptroller shall determine the amount to be |
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| 26 | 26 | | deposited to the credit of the account according to available |
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| 27 | 27 | | statistical data indicating the estimated or actual total receipts |
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| 28 | 28 | | in this state from taxable sales of items purchased wholly or partly |
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| 29 | 29 | | with supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits. Money in |
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| 30 | 30 | | the account may be appropriated to the Department of Agriculture |
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| 31 | 31 | | only for the award of grants under Chapter 21, Agriculture Code. |
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| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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