Bill Text: TX SB733 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the definition of qualified employee for purposes of the enterprise zone program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-01 - Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development [SB733 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB733-Introduced.html
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By: Hinojosa | S.B. No. 733 |
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relating to the definition of qualified employee for purposes of | ||
the enterprise zone program. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 2303.003, Government Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subdivision (7) to read as follows: | ||
(7) "Qualified employee" means a person who: | ||
(A) works for a qualified business; | ||
(B) receives wages from the qualified business | ||
from which employment taxes are deducted; and | ||
(C) performs at least 50 percent of the person's | ||
service for the business at the qualified business site, or if the | ||
person engages in [ |
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offsite, the person reports to the qualified business site and | ||
resides within 50 miles of the qualified business site. | ||
SECTION 2. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this | ||
section, Section 2303.003, Government Code, as amended by this Act, | ||
applies to an application for an enterprise project designation | ||
under the enterprise zone program under Chapter 2303, Government | ||
Code, as amended by this Act, that is submitted on or after the | ||
effective date of this Act. An application for an enterprise | ||
project designation under the enterprise zone program that is | ||
submitted before the effective date of this Act is governed by the | ||
law in effect on the date the application was submitted, and the | ||
former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
(b) Section 2303.003, Government Code, as amended by this | ||
Act, applies to an enterprise project that is under audit or subject | ||
to audit by the comptroller of public accounts 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, 2023. |