By Maxey H.B. No. 720 75R2817 CBH-D 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.