By: Springer S.B. No. 44
 
 
 
   
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to a prohibition on the enactment of a law imposing an
  occupation tax on certain entities that enter into transactions
  conveying securities or imposing a tax on certain securities
  transactions.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 101, Tax Code, is amended by adding
  Section 101.010 to read as follows:
         Sec. 101.010.  LIMITATION: TAXES IMPOSED ON SECURITIES
  TRANSACTIONS AND ENTITIES ENGAGING IN SECURITIES TRANSACTIONS. (a)
  In this section:
               (1)  "Registered securities market operator" means any
  of the following entities, to the extent the entity is subject to
  registration with and regulation by the United States Securities
  and Exchange Commission or the United States Commodity Futures
  Trading Commission, or the successor in function to either
  commission:
                     (A)  a self-regulatory organization, financial
  institution, alternative trading system, broker, dealer, clearing
  agency, or transfer agent, as those terms are defined by the
  Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. Section 78a et seq.) in
  effect on January 1, 2021, or a regulation adopted under that Act in
  effect on that date;
                     (B)  an exchange that is registered as a national
  securities exchange under Section 6 of the Securities Exchange Act
  of 1934 (15 U.S.C. Section 78f);
                     (C)  a board of trade, commodity pool operator,
  derivatives clearing organization, electronic trading facility, or
  organized exchange, as those terms are defined by the Commodity
  Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. Section 1 et seq.) in effect on January 1,
  2021;
                     (D)  an affiliate, subsidiary, or facility of an
  entity described by Paragraph (A), (B), or (C); or
                     (E)  an OTC reporting facility, as that term is
  defined by rules promulgated by the Financial Industry Regulatory
  Authority and in effect on January 1, 2021.
               (2)  "Securities transaction" means the purchase or
  sale of a security, a contract or agreement to purchase or sell a
  security, or a service to facilitate, match parties to, process,
  report, clear, or settle the purchase or sale of a security on
  behalf of a customer.
               (3)  "Security" has the meaning assigned by the
  Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. Section 78a et seq.) in
  effect on January 1, 2021.
         (b)  Notwithstanding any other law, the legislature may not
  enact a law that imposes:
               (1)  an occupation tax on a registered securities
  market operator; or
               (2)  a tax on a securities transaction conducted by a
  registered securities market operator.
         (c)  This section does not prohibit:
               (1)  the imposition of:
                     (A)  a general business tax measured by business
  activity;
                     (B)  a tax on the production of minerals;
                     (C)  a tax on insurance premiums;
                     (D)  sales and use taxes on tangible personal
  property or services; or
                     (E)  a fee based on the cost of processing or
  creating documents; or
               (2)  a change in the rate of a tax in existence on
  December 1, 2021.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect December 1, 2021.