** REVISION **
SENATE

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

 

COMMITTEE:    Finance 

TIME & DATE:  9:00 AM, Tuesday, March 03, 2015 

PLACE:        E1.036 (Finance Room) 
CHAIR:        Senator Jane Nelson 

 

 

There will be no public testimony on Tuesday, March 3, 2015.  All public testimony will be heard on Wednesday, March 4, 2015.

 

To consider the following:

 

SB 7          Nelson | et al.        
Relating to decreasing the rates of the franchise tax.

SB 8          Schwertner | et al.    
Relating to the total revenue exemption for the franchise tax.

SB 31         Zaffirini              
Relating to the authority of certain volunteer firefighter and emergency services organizations to hold tax-free sales or auctions.

SB 105        Estes | et al.         
Relating to the repeal of the franchise tax.

SB 138        Perry                  
Relating to the phaseout and repeal of the franchise tax; lowering the rates of the tax.

SB 140        Perry                  
Relating to a sales and use tax exemption for telecommunications services used for the navigation of certain farm and ranch machinery and equipment.

SB 186        Creighton              
Relating to the franchise tax and alternative revenue sources and spending priorities for this state; repealing the franchise tax.

SB 330        Creighton              
Relating to the computation of the franchise tax.

SB 331        Creighton              
Relating to the use of certain surplus state revenue to provide for a rebate of state franchise taxes.

SB 687        Hinojosa               
Relating to the exclusion from total revenue of certain payments received by health care providers for purposes of computing the franchise tax.

SB 752        Bettencourt            
Relating to the repeal of the inheritance tax and the tax on combative sports events.

SB 755        Taylor, Van            
Relating to the application of the sales and use tax to certain computer program transactions.

SB 756        Taylor, Van            
Relating to the determination of cost of goods sold for purposes of computing the franchise tax.

SB 757        Perry                  
Relating to the repeal of the production taxes on crude petroleum and sulphur.

SB 759        Kolkhorst              
Relating to the repeal of certain state taxes.

SB 761        Creighton              
Relating to the taxation of fireworks.

SB 765        Eltife | et al.        
Relating to the repeal of certain occupational license fees and taxes.

SJR 23        Creighton              
Proposing a constitutional amendment concerning the use of unencumbered surplus state revenues to provide for a rebate of state franchise taxes.

 

 

** See Committee Coordinator for previous versions of the schedule **