Bill Text: TX SB1467 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to economic development incentives for firearms manufacturers, firearms accessory manufacturers, and ammunition manufacturers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-05-21 - Placed on General State Calendar [SB1467 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB1467-Engrossed.html
By: Estes | S.B. No. 1467 |
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relating to economic development incentives for firearms | ||
manufacturers, firearms accessory manufacturers, and ammunition | ||
manufacturers. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 481, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 481.0297 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 481.0297. FIREARM AND AMMUNITION MANUFACTURERS. | ||
(a) The office shall facilitate the location, expansion, and | ||
retention of firearms manufacturers, firearms accessory | ||
manufacturers, and ammunition manufacturers to the state, | ||
including: | ||
(1) identifying domestic and international firearms | ||
manufacturers, firearms accessory manufacturers, and ammunition | ||
manufacturers interested in expanding or relocating to the state; | ||
and | ||
(2) issuing requests for proposals for the location, | ||
relocation, or expansion of firearms manufacturers, firearms | ||
accessory manufacturers, and ammunition manufacturers to the | ||
state. | ||
(b) Upon receipt of proposals under Subsection (a), the | ||
office may negotiate on behalf of the state the issuance of funds | ||
provided by Section 481.078, franchise tax exemptions, sales tax | ||
exemptions, and other incentives as provided by this chapter or | ||
other provisions of the law commensurate with the size and scope of | ||
the proposed project. | ||
SECTION 2. 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, 2013. |