By Maxey                                         H.B. No. 720

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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

 1-1                                   AN ACT

 1-2     relating to the authority of the comptroller to contract for

 1-3     certain tax collection services.

 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

 1-5           SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 111, Tax Code, is amended

 1-6     by adding Sections 111.0035 and 111.0036 to read as follows:

 1-7           Sec. 111.0035.  ADVANCED DATABASE SYSTEM.  (a)  The

 1-8     comptroller may contract with an appropriate vendor to develop and

 1-9     implement an advanced database system to enhance tax collections.

1-10           (b)  A contract made under this section shall provide that

1-11     the vendor developing and implementing the system receive

1-12     compensation through a contingency fee determined from a percentage

1-13     of the revenue deposited into the state treasury from audit and

1-14     enforcement actions taken by the comptroller as a result of cases

1-15     identified from the vendor's system, not to exceed an amount stated

1-16     in the contract.

1-17           Sec. 111.0036.  OUT-OF-STATE AUDITS.  (a)  The comptroller

1-18     may contract with an appropriate person to perform tax audits in

1-19     states that are not covered by comptroller field offices.

1-20           (b)  A contract made under this section shall provide that

1-21     the person performing the audits receive compensation through a

1-22     contingency fee determined from a percentage of the revenue

1-23     deposited into the state treasury from the audits, not to exceed an

1-24     amount stated in the contract.

 2-1           SECTION 2.  The importance of this legislation and the

 2-2     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an

 2-3     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the

 2-4     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several

 2-5     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,

 2-6     and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its

 2-7     passage, and it is so enacted.