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        |  | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | 
      
        |  | AN ACT | 
      
        |  | relating to an exemption from the franchise tax for certain | 
      
        |  | political subdivision corporations. | 
      
        |  | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
      
        |  | SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 171, Tax Code, is amended | 
      
        |  | by adding Section 171.086 to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | Sec. 171.086.  EXEMPTION: POLITICAL SUBDIVISION | 
      
        |  | CORPORATION.  A political subdivision corporation formed under | 
      
        |  | Section 304.001, Local Government Code, is exempted from the | 
      
        |  | franchise tax. | 
      
        |  | 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, 2014. |