By: Lewis H.B. No. 3696
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to a deduction under the franchise tax for the sale of the
  entire operating assets of a business or of a separate division,
  branch or identifiable segment of a business.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 171.1011, Tax Code, is amended by adding
  Subsection (r) and renumbering subsequent subsections to read as
  follows:
         (r)  A taxable entity shall exclude, to the extent included
  under Subsection (c)(1)(A), (c)(2)(A), or (c)(3), total revenue
  received from the sale of the entire operating assets of the entity,
  or any lower tier entity, or of a separate division, branch or
  identifiable segment of the entity, or any lower tier entity.
         SECTION 2.  This Act applies only to a report originally due
  on or after the effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect January 1, 2010.