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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the fee based on admissions to certain sexually |
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oriented businesses. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 47.052(a), Business & Commerce Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) A fee is imposed on a sexually oriented business in an |
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amount equal to $3 [$5] for each entry by each customer admitted to |
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the business. |
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SECTION 2. Section 47.054, Business & Commerce Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 47.054. ALLOCATION OF [CERTAIN] REVENUE FOR SEXUAL |
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ASSAULT PROGRAMS. The comptroller shall deposit the amount [first
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$25 million] received from the fee imposed under this subchapter |
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[in a state fiscal biennium] to the credit of the sexual assault |
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program fund. |
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SECTION 3. Sections 47.055 and 47.0551, Business & Commerce |
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Code, are repealed. |
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SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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a fee imposed for the admission of a customer to a sexually oriented |
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business on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |