| 1 | 1 | | 88R22695 SRA-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Craddick H.B. No. 2644 |
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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 definition of qualified employee for purposes of |
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| 8 | 8 | | the enterprise zone program. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 2303.003(7), Government Code, is amended |
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| 11 | 11 | | to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (7) "Qualified employee" means a person who: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (A) is a resident of this state; |
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| 14 | 14 | | (B) works for a qualified business; |
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| 15 | 15 | | (C) [(B)] receives wages from the qualified |
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| 16 | 16 | | business from which employment taxes are deducted; and |
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| 17 | 17 | | (D) [(C)] performs at least 50 percent of the |
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| 18 | 18 | | person's service for the business at the qualified business site, |
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| 19 | 19 | | or if the person engages in [the transportation of goods or] |
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| 20 | 20 | | services off-site, the person is assigned [reports] to the |
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| 21 | 21 | | qualified business site and resides within 50 miles of the |
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| 22 | 22 | | qualified business site. |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 2. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this |
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| 24 | 24 | | section, Section 2303.003, Government Code, as amended by this Act, |
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| 25 | 25 | | applies to an application for an enterprise project designation |
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| 26 | 26 | | under the enterprise zone program under Chapter 2303, Government |
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| 27 | 27 | | Code, as amended by this Act, that is submitted on or after the |
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| 28 | 28 | | effective date of this Act. An application for an enterprise |
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| 29 | 29 | | project designation under the enterprise zone program that is |
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| 30 | 30 | | submitted before the effective date of this Act is governed by the |
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| 31 | 31 | | law in effect on the date the application was submitted, and the |
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| 32 | 32 | | former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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| 33 | 33 | | (b) Section 2303.003(7)(D), Government Code, as added by |
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| 34 | 34 | | this Act, applies to an enterprise project that is under audit or |
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| 35 | 35 | | subject to audit by the comptroller of public accounts on or after |
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| 36 | 36 | | the effective date of this Act. |
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| 37 | 37 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 38 | 38 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 39 | 39 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 40 | 40 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 41 | 41 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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