1-1     By:  Grusendorf (Senate Sponsor - Jackson)            H.B. No. 2833
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House May 7, 2001;
 1-3     May 7, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on Finance;
 1-4     May 11, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 11,
 1-5     Nays 0; May 11, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to the application of the sales tax to services provided
 1-9     in connection with certain foreclosure sales.
1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11           SECTION 1. Section 151.0036(b), Tax Code, is amended to read
1-12     as follows:
1-13           (b)  "Debt collection service" does not include:
1-14                 (1)  the collection of:
1-15                       (A) [(1)]  a judgment by an attorney or by a
1-16     partnership or professional corporation of attorneys if the
1-17     attorney, partnership, or corporation represented the person in the
1-18     suit from which the judgment arose; or
1-19                       (B) [(2)]  court-ordered child support or medical
1-20     child support; or
1-21                 (2)  a service provided by a person acting as a trustee
1-22     in connection with the foreclosure sale of real property under a
1-23     lien created by a mortgage, deed of trust, or security instrument.
1-24           SECTION 2. (a)  This Act takes effect July 1, 2001, if it
1-25     receives a vote of two-thirds of all members elected to each house,
1-26     as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If
1-27     this Act does not receive the vote necessary for effect on that
1-28     date, this Act takes effect October 1, 2001.
1-29           (b)  The change in law made by this Act does not affect taxes
1-30     imposed before the effective date of this Act, and the law in
1-31     effect before the effective date of this Act is continued in effect
1-32     for the purposes of the liability for and collection of those
1-33     taxes.
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