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Amend CSSB 1, Article I, on Page I-25, Comptroller of Public 
Accounts, by adding a new rider as follows:
	"18.  Special Report on Effect of Certain Federal and State 
Tax Policies on Personal Income and Business.  Not later than 
October 15, 2006, the Comptroller of Public Accounts shall submit a 
report to the governor and each member of the legislature providing 
an analysis by income level of the number of Texans who itemize 
their federal income taxes and the amount of state sales taxes 
deducted from federal income taxes by income level.  Contingent 
upon passage of HB 3 or similar legislation imposing new state taxes 
or expanding or reforming existing state taxes, the report also 
shall include the following: (1) a tax incidence analysis by income 
level on any increase in the sales tax rate, expansion in the sales 
tax base, and any repeal of an existing sales tax exemption or 
exclusion; (2) the total amount of business taxes collected under a 
reformed franchise tax and the total amount of business taxes 
collected under a payroll tax; and (3) a profile of the businesses 
paying a reformed franchise tax and a profile of the businesses 
paying a payroll tax by the number of employees, the amount of 
wages, the total amount of claimed credits, and the number and wages 
of employees over $90,000.