78R7361 DAK-D

By:  Driver                                                       H.B. No. 2817



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to sales tax information provided by the comptroller to 
certain municipalities.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Sections 321.3022(a) and (f), Tax Code, are 
amended to read as follows:
	(a)  The comptroller on request shall provide to a 
municipality that has adopted a tax under this chapter and that has 
a population of not more than 275,000 information relating to the 
amount of tax paid to the municipality under this chapter during the 
preceding or current calendar year by each person doing business in 
the municipality who annually remits to the comptroller state and 
local sales tax payments [of more than $100,000].
	(f)  Information received by a municipality under this 
section is confidential and[,] is not open to public inspection[, 
and may be used only for the purpose of economic forecasting or for 
the purpose described in Subsection (g)].
	SECTION 2.  (a)  This Act takes effect immediately if it 
receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each 
house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  
If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate 
effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2003.
	(b)  The change in law made by this Act applies only to a 
request for information made on or after the effective date of this 
Act.  The change in law made by this Act does not affect a request 
for information made before the effective date of this Act or the 
use of that information, without regard to whether the comptroller 
furnishes the information requested before, on, or after that date.