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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the availability of certain hotel occupancy tax |
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information. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 156, Tax Code, is amended |
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by adding Section 156.155 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 156.155. AVAILABILITY OF CERTAIN TAXPAYER |
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INFORMATION. (a) A state agency may not post on a public Internet |
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website information that identifies the taxable receipts of an |
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individual business that is contained in or derived from a record, |
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report, or other document required to be provided under this |
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chapter. |
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(b) Information described by Subsection (a) that is |
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collected or maintained by a state agency is public information |
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under Section 552.002, Government Code. A state agency shall |
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provide access to the information in the manner provided by Chapter |
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552, Government Code, and the exceptions under Subchapter C of that |
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chapter do not apply to the information. |
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SECTION 2. 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, 2017. |