86R6045 GRM-F
 
  By: Thompson of Harris H.B. No. 1965
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the sales and use tax exemption for certain amusement
  services.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 151.3101, Tax Code, is amended by adding
  Subsection (d) to read as follows:
         (d)  An amusement service remains exclusively provided under
  Subsection (a)(3) or (5) if an entity described by Subsection
  (a)(3) or (5) contracts with another entity not listed in or
  described by Subsection (a) to provide touring theatrical
  productions:
               (1)  subject to a contract with the other entity for:
                     (A)  a term of at least five years; and
                     (B)  at least five presentations each year; and
               (2)  held at a location either owned by, or leased or
  licensed for a term of at least one year to, the contracting entity
  described by Subsection (a)(3) or (5).
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act does not
  affect taxes imposed before the effective date of this Act, and the
  law in effect before the effective date of this Act is continued in
  effect for purposes of the liability for and collection of those
  taxes.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.