Bill Text: TX SB99 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the abolishment of the Music, Film, Television, and Multimedia Office in the office of the governor and other incentives for media productions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-14 - Left pending in committee [SB99 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB99-Introduced.html
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By: Hall | S.B. No. 99 |
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relating to the abolishment of the Music, Film, Television, and | ||
Multimedia Office in the office of the governor and other | ||
incentives for media productions. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 444.030(b), Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(b) The commission shall enter into an agreement as required | ||
by Subsection (a) with the: | ||
(1) Texas [ |
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arts in education program in the public schools; and | ||
(2) office of the governor [ |
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of Transportation, and Parks and Wildlife Department regarding | ||
state tourism promotion efforts. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 2155.444(h), Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(h) The [ |
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authority for purposes of: | ||
(1) determining whether an advertising campaign is | ||
subject to the requirements of this section; | ||
(2) establishing a bid process for purposes of the | ||
services described by Subsection (f); and | ||
(3) establishing criteria to determine whether a | ||
commercial production company or advertising agency is located in | ||
this state for the purposes of this section. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 2165.008(a)(1), Government Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(1) "Office" means the office of the governor [ |
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SECTION 4. Section 151.317(a), Tax Code, is amended to read | ||
as follows: | ||
(a) Subject to Sections 151.1551, 151.359, and 151.3595 and | ||
Subsection (d) of this section, gas and electricity are exempted | ||
from the taxes imposed by this chapter when sold for: | ||
(1) residential use; | ||
(2) use in powering equipment exempt under Section | ||
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property for sale as tangible personal property, other than | ||
preparation or storage of prepared food described by Section | ||
151.314(c-2); | ||
(3) use in lighting, cooling, and heating in the | ||
manufacturing area during the actual manufacturing or processing of | ||
tangible personal property for sale as tangible personal property, | ||
other than preparation or storage of prepared food described by | ||
Section 151.314(c-2); | ||
(4) use directly in exploring for, producing, or | ||
transporting, a material extracted from the earth; | ||
(5) use in agriculture, including dairy or poultry | ||
operations and pumping for farm or ranch irrigation; | ||
(6) use directly in electrical processes, such as | ||
electroplating, electrolysis, and cathodic protection; | ||
(7) use directly in the off-wing processing, overhaul, | ||
or repair of a jet turbine engine or its parts for a certificated or | ||
licensed carrier of persons or property; | ||
(8) use directly in providing, under contracts with or | ||
on behalf of the United States government or foreign governments, | ||
defense or national security-related electronics, classified | ||
intelligence data processing and handling systems, or | ||
defense-related platform modifications or upgrades; | ||
(9) use directly by a data center or large data center | ||
project that is certified by the comptroller as a qualifying data | ||
center under Section 151.359 or a qualifying large data center | ||
project under Section 151.3595 in the processing, storage, and | ||
distribution of data; | ||
(10) a direct or indirect use, consumption, or loss of | ||
electricity by an electric utility engaged in the purchase of | ||
electricity for resale; or | ||
(11) use in timber operations, including pumping for | ||
irrigation of timberland. | ||
SECTION 5. Section 504.639(b), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) After deduction of the department's administrative | ||
costs, the remainder of the fee for issuance of the license plates | ||
shall be deposited to the credit of the general revenue fund [ |
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SECTION 6. The following statutes are repealed: | ||
(1) Section 7.027, Education Code; | ||
(2) Section 403.029, Government Code; | ||
(3) Chapters 485 and 485A, Government Code; and | ||
(4) Sections 151.3185 and 151.3415, Tax Code. | ||
SECTION 7. (a) The Music, Film, Television, and Multimedia | ||
Office in the office of the governor is abolished. | ||
(b) All records and other property in the custody of the | ||
Music, Film, Television, and Multimedia Office are transferred to | ||
the office of the governor. | ||
(c) All unobligated and unexpended appropriations of the | ||
Music, Film, Television, and Multimedia Office lapse. | ||
(d) All donations, gifts, and grants made to the Music, | ||
Film, Television, and Multimedia Office shall be transferred to the | ||
office of the governor to be used for purposes consistent with the | ||
mission of the Music, Film, Television, and Multimedia Office. | ||
SECTION 8. The changes in law made by this Act to Sections | ||
151.317, 151.3185, and 151.3415, Tax Code, do not affect tax | ||
liability accruing before the effective date of this Act. That | ||
liability continues in effect as if this Act had not been enacted, | ||
and the former law is continued in effect for the collection of | ||
taxes due and for civil and criminal enforcement of the liability | ||
for those taxes. | ||
SECTION 9. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |