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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the exclusion from total revenue of certain payments |
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made by a performing rights society for purposes of computing the |
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franchise tax. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 171.1011, Tax Code, is amended by adding |
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Subsection (g-12) to read as follows: |
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(g-12) A taxable entity that is a performing rights society |
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that licenses the public performance of nondramatic musical works |
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on behalf of a copyright owner shall exclude from its total revenue, |
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to the extent included under Subsection (c)(1)(A), (c)(2)(A), or |
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(c)(3), payments made to the public performance rights holder and |
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copyright owner for whom the taxable entity licenses the public |
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performance. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies only to a report originally due |
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on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2020. |