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        |  | AN ACT | 
      
        |  | relating to the franchise tax rate applicable to certain taxable | 
      
        |  | entities that sell telephone prepaid calling cards. | 
      
        |  | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
      
        |  | SECTION 1.  Section 171.002, Tax Code, is amended by adding | 
      
        |  | Subsection (c-2) to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (c-2)  For purposes of Subsection (c)(3), the provision of | 
      
        |  | telecommunications services does not include selling telephone | 
      
        |  | prepaid calling cards. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 2.  This Act applies only to a report originally due | 
      
        |  | on or after the effective date of this Act. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect January 1, 2018. | 
      
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        |  | ______________________________ | ______________________________ | 
      
        |  | President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | 
      
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        |  | I certify that H.B. No. 2126 was passed by the House on April | 
      
        |  | 20, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 143, Nays 0, 1 present, not | 
      
        |  | voting. | 
      
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        |  | ______________________________ | 
      
        |  | Chief Clerk of the House | 
      
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        |  | I certify that H.B. No. 2126 was passed by the Senate on May | 
      
        |  | 18, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0. | 
      
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        |  | ______________________________ | 
      
        |  | Secretary of the Senate | 
      
        |  | APPROVED:  _____________________ | 
      
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        |  | _____________________ | 
      
        |  | Governor |