Bill Text: TX HB4038 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub

Texas House Bill 4038 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Relating to the definition of "qualifying job" for purposes of certification by the comptroller of public accounts as a qualifying data center.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2017-06-01 - Effective immediately [HB4038 Detail]

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	By: Bohac (Senate Sponsor - Hancock)	H.B. No. 4038
	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 24, 2017;
	May 8, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on Finance;
	May 15, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9,
	Nays 0; May 15, 2017, sent to printer.)
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	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT

	relating to the definition of "qualifying job" for purposes of
	certification by the comptroller of public accounts as a qualifying
	data center.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 151.359(a)(5), Tax Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	(5) "Qualifying job" means a full-time, permanent job
	that pays at least 120 percent of the county average weekly wage in
	the county in which the job is based. The term includes a new
	employment position staffed by a third-party employer if a written
	contract exists between the third-party employer and a qualifying
	owner, qualifying operator, or qualifying occupant that provides
	that the employment position is permanently assigned to an
	associated qualifying data center.
	SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to a
	data center certified as a qualifying data center by the
	comptroller of public accounts, regardless of whether the
	certification occurred before, on, or after the effective date of
	this Act.
	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
	Act takes effect September 1, 2017.

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