1-1 By: Moncrief S.B. No. 461 1-2 (In the Senate - Filed February 5, 1997; February 10, 1997, 1-3 read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; 1-4 February 17, 1997, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 1-5 9, Nays 3; February 17, 1997, sent to printer.) 1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-7 AN ACT 1-8 relating to the authority of the comptroller of public accounts to 1-9 contract for certain tax collection services. 1-10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-11 SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 111, Tax Code, is amended 1-12 by adding Sections 111.0035 and 111.0036 to read as follows: 1-13 Sec. 111.0035. ADVANCED DATABASE SYSTEM. (a) The 1-14 comptroller may contract with an appropriate vendor to develop and 1-15 implement an advanced database system to enhance tax collections. 1-16 (b) A contract made under this section shall provide that 1-17 the vendor developing and implementing the system receive 1-18 compensation through a contingency fee determined from a percentage 1-19 of the revenue deposited into the state treasury from audit and 1-20 enforcement actions taken by the comptroller as a result of cases 1-21 identified from the vendor's system, not to exceed an amount stated 1-22 in the contract. 1-23 Sec. 111.0036. OUT-OF-STATE AUDITS. (a) The comptroller 1-24 may contract with an appropriate person to perform tax audits in 1-25 states that are not covered by comptroller field offices. 1-26 (b) A contract made under this section shall provide that 1-27 the person performing the audits receive compensation through a 1-28 contingency fee determined from a percentage of the revenue 1-29 deposited into the state treasury from the audits, not to exceed an 1-30 amount stated in the contract. 1-31 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the 1-32 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-33 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-34 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-35 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 1-36 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 1-37 passage, and it is so enacted. 1-38 * * * * *