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          AN ACT
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        relating to the comptroller's report on the effect of certain tax  | 
      
      
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        provisions. | 
      
      
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               BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
      
      
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               SECTION 1.  Section 403.014, Government Code, is amended by  | 
      
      
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        adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: | 
      
      
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               (a-1)  In preparing the report under Subsection (a), if  | 
      
      
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        actual data is not available, the comptroller shall use available  | 
      
      
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        statistical data to estimate the effect of an exemption, discount,  | 
      
      
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        exclusion, special valuation, special accounting treatment,  | 
      
      
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        special rate, or special method of reporting relating to a tax. If  | 
      
      
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        the report states that the effect of a particular tax preference  | 
      
      
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        cannot be determined, the comptroller must include in the report a  | 
      
      
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        complete explanation of why the comptroller reached that  | 
      
      
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        conclusion. | 
      
      
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               SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | 
      
      
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           President of the Senate | 
        Speaker of the House      | 
      
      
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               I certify that H.B. No. 1261 was passed by the House on April  | 
      
      
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        23, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 139, Nays 0, 2 present, not  | 
      
      
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        voting. | 
      
      
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        Chief Clerk of the House    | 
      
      
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               I certify that H.B. No. 1261 was passed by the Senate on May  | 
      
      
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        20, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0. | 
      
      
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        Secretary of the Senate     | 
      
      
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                         Governor        |