Bill Text: TX HB2355 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a study comparing the business environments of Texas and Louisiana.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-03 - Left pending in committee [HB2355 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB2355-Introduced.html
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By: White | H.B. No. 2355 |
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relating to a study comparing the business environments of Texas | ||
and Louisiana. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter P, Chapter 481, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 481.213 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 481.213. STUDY COMPARING BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTS OF | ||
TEXAS AND LOUISIANA. (a) The office shall conduct a study to | ||
compare the business environment of this state with that of the | ||
State of Louisiana. The study conducted under this section must: | ||
(1) research and compare the laws of each state that | ||
tend to encourage or discourage economic development or job | ||
creation or retention, including laws that impose taxes or | ||
regulations or that provide economic incentives, including tax | ||
credits or exemptions, state or local subsidies, and available | ||
grants or loans, likely to impact a business's decision to locate or | ||
maintain operations in each state; and | ||
(2) identify any laws of this state that may place | ||
businesses located in this state at a competitive disadvantage with | ||
businesses located in the State of Louisiana. | ||
(b) Not later than January 31, 2014, the office shall submit | ||
a written report to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the | ||
speaker of the house of representatives, and the chairs of the | ||
standing committees of the legislature with jurisdiction over | ||
economic development containing the findings of the study conducted | ||
under this section and the office's recommendations. | ||
(c) Not later than December 1, 2014, the governor, the | ||
lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, | ||
and the chairs of the standing committees of the legislature with | ||
jurisdiction over economic development shall, based on the report | ||
received under Subsection (b), submit to the legislature written | ||
recommendations on statutory and regulatory changes necessary to | ||
improve the business environment of this state in a manner that | ||
encourages more businesses to locate or maintain operations in this | ||
state without creating wasteful subsidies. | ||
(d) This section expires August 31, 2015. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |