By:  Rosson                                            S.B. No. 255
                                 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                                        AN ACT
    1-1  relating to the distribution of earned income tax credits
    1-2  information by the comptroller of public accounts and other state
    1-3  agencies.
    1-4        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
    1-5        SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 403, Government Code, is
    1-6  amended by adding Section 403.0111 to read as follows:
    1-7        Sec. 403.0111.  DISTRIBUTION OF FEDERAL TAX INFORMATION.
    1-8  (a)  In addition to the distribution of state tax and fiscal
    1-9  information, the comptroller's office is authorized to take the
   1-10  lead in promoting awareness of federal earned income tax credits
   1-11  and to encourage other agencies to similarly promote awareness of
   1-12  the federal tax credit for working families and individuals who may
   1-13  qualify.
   1-14        (b)  State agencies that otherwise distribute information to
   1-15  the public may use existing resources to distribute information to
   1-16  persons likely to qualify for federal earned income tax credits and
   1-17  shall cooperate with the comptroller in information distribution
   1-18  efforts.
   1-19        SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1995.
   1-20        SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the
   1-21  crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
   1-22  emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
   1-23  constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
    2-1  days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.