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        |  | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | 
      
        |  | AN ACT | 
      
        |  | relating to the computation of cost of goods sold for purposes of | 
      
        |  | the franchise tax by taxable entities that transport ready-mixed | 
      
        |  | concrete. | 
      
        |  | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
      
        |  | SECTION 1.  Section 171.1012, Tax Code, is amended by adding | 
      
        |  | Subsection (r) to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (r)  Notwithstanding Subsection (e)(3) or (6) or any other | 
      
        |  | provision of this section, a taxable entity that transports | 
      
        |  | ready-mixed concrete may subtract as cost of goods sold | 
      
        |  | distribution costs regardless of whether the taxable entity owns | 
      
        |  | the ready-mixed concrete. | 
      
        |  | 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, 2018. |