By: Eltife  S.B. No. 1548
         (In the Senate - Filed March 8, 2013; March 19, 2013, read
  first time and referred to Committee on Economic Development;
  April 4, 2013, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
  Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 0; April 4, 2013,
  sent to printer.)
 
  COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1548 By:  Eltife
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the definition of "qualified employee" in an enterprise
  zone.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subdivision (7), Section 2303.003, Government
  Code, is amended to read as follows:
               (7)  "Qualified employee" means a person who:
                     (A)  works for a qualified business; [and]
                     (B)  receives wages from the qualified business
  from which employment taxes are deducted; and
                     (C)  performs at least 50 percent of the person's
  service for the business at the qualified business site, unless the
  person's job responsibility is to transport or deliver the
  enterprise project's goods or services.
         SECTION 2.  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, 2013.
 
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