By Brimer                                             H.B. No. 1285
         77R5749 DAK-F                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to providing information to a municipality on sales and
 1-3     use taxes paid to the municipality.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Section 321.3022, Tax Code, is amended to read as
 1-6     follows:
 1-7           Sec. 321.3022.  TAX INFORMATION. (a)  The comptroller on
 1-8     request shall provide to a municipality that has adopted a tax
 1-9     under this chapter and that has a population of not more than
1-10     600,000 [275,000] information relating to the amount of tax paid to
1-11     the municipality under this chapter during the preceding or current
1-12     calendar year by each person doing business in the municipality who
1-13     annually remits to the comptroller state and local sales tax
1-14     payments of more than $100,000.
1-15           (b)  The comptroller on request shall provide to a
1-16     municipality that has adopted a tax under this chapter information
1-17     relating to the amount of tax paid to the municipality under this
1-18     chapter during the preceding or current calendar year by each
1-19     person doing business in an area, as defined by the municipality,
1-20     that is part of:
1-21                 (1)  an interlocal agreement;
1-22                 (2)  a tax abatement agreement;
1-23                 (3)  a reinvestment zone;
1-24                 (4)  a tax increment financing district;
 2-1                 (5)  a revenue sharing agreement;
 2-2                 (6)  an enterprise zone;
 2-3                 (7)  a neighborhood empowerment zone; or
 2-4                 (8)  any other similar agreement, zone, or district.
 2-5           (c)  A request for information under this section must be
 2-6     made in writing by the municipality's mayor or chief administrative
 2-7     officer.
 2-8           (d) [(c)]  Information received by a municipality under this
 2-9     section is confidential, is not open to public inspection, and may
2-10     be used only for the purpose of economic forecasting.
2-11           (e) [(d)]  The comptroller may set and collect from a
2-12     municipality reasonable fees to cover the expense of compiling and
2-13     providing information under this section.
2-14           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
2-15     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
2-16     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
2-17     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
2-18     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.