By: Turner H.B. No. 3487
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to certain expenditures by public institutions of higher
  education and university systems that are eligible for certain tax
  credits.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  (a)  Section 171.9015(b), Tax Code, as effective
  January 1, 2022, is amended to read as follows:
         (b)  Except as provided by Subsection (c), the depreciation
  and tax-exempt use provisions of Section 47(c)(2), Internal Revenue
  Code, do not apply to costs and expenses incurred by an entity
  exempt from the tax imposed under this chapter by Section 171.063 of
  this code or by an institution of higher education or university
  system as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code, and those
  costs and expenses are eligible costs and expenses if the other
  provisions of Section 47(c)(2), Internal Revenue Code, are
  satisfied.
         (b)  Effective January 1, 2031, Section 171.9015(b), Tax
  Code, as effective January 1, 2022, is amended to read as follows:
         (b)  Except as provided by Subsection (c), the depreciation
  and tax-exempt use provisions of Section 47(c)(2), Internal Revenue
  Code, do not apply to costs and expenses incurred by an entity
  exempt from the tax imposed under this chapter by Section 171.063,
  and those costs and expenses are eligible costs and expenses if the
  other provisions of Section 47(c)(2), Internal Revenue Code, are
  satisfied.
         SECTION 2.  (a)  Section 171.9015(b), Tax Code, as amended
  by Section 1(a) of this Act, applies only to costs and expenses
  incurred on or after the effective date of this Act.
         (b)  Section 171.9015(b), Tax Code, as amended by Section
  1(b) of this Act, applies only to costs and expenses incurred on or
  after January 1, 2031.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.