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            |  | AN ACT | 
         
            |  | relating to the franchise tax treatment of certain loans and grants | 
         
            |  | made under the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic | 
         
            |  | Security Act. | 
         
            |  | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
         
            |  | SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 171, Tax Code, is amended | 
         
            |  | by adding Section 171.10131 to read as follows: | 
         
            |  | Sec. 171.10131.  PROVISIONS RELATED TO CERTAIN MONEY | 
         
            |  | RECEIVED FOR COVID-19 RELIEF.  (a)  In this section, "qualifying | 
         
            |  | loan or grant proceeds" means the amount of money received by a | 
         
            |  | taxable entity that: | 
         
            |  | (1)  is: | 
         
            |  | (A)  a loan or grant under the Coronavirus Aid, | 
         
            |  | Relief, and Economic Security Act (15 U.S.C. Section 9001 et seq.), | 
         
            |  | as amended by the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act of | 
         
            |  | 2020 (Pub. L. No. 116-142), the Consolidated Appropriations Act, | 
         
            |  | 2021 (Pub. L. No. 116-260), the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 | 
         
            |  | (Pub. L. No. 117-2), and the PPP Extension Act of 2021 (Pub. L. | 
         
            |  | No. 117-6); | 
         
            |  | (B)  a shuttered venue operator grant under | 
         
            |  | Section 324 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Pub. L. | 
         
            |  | No. 116-260), as amended by Section 5005 of the American Rescue | 
         
            |  | Plan Act of 2021 (Pub. L. No. 117-2); | 
         
            |  | (C)  microloan program recovery assistance under | 
         
            |  | Section 329 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Pub. L. | 
         
            |  | No. 116-260); or | 
         
            |  | (D)  a grant from the restaurant revitalization | 
         
            |  | fund established under Section 5003 of the American Rescue Plan Act | 
         
            |  | of 2021 (Pub. L. No. 117-2); and | 
         
            |  | (2)  is not included in the taxable entity's gross | 
         
            |  | income for purposes of federal income taxation under: | 
         
            |  | (A)  Section 276 or 278 of the Consolidated | 
         
            |  | Appropriations Act, 2021 (Pub. L. No. 116-260); or | 
         
            |  | (B)  Section 9672 or 9673 of the American Rescue | 
         
            |  | Plan Act of 2021 (Pub. L. No. 117-2). | 
         
            |  | (b)  Notwithstanding any other law, a taxable entity: | 
         
            |  | (1)  shall exclude from its total revenue, to the | 
         
            |  | extent included under Section 171.1011(c)(1)(A), (c)(2)(A), or | 
         
            |  | (c)(3), qualifying loan or grant proceeds; | 
         
            |  | (2)  may include as a cost of goods sold under Section | 
         
            |  | 171.1012 any expense paid using qualifying loan or grant proceeds | 
         
            |  | to the extent the expense is otherwise includable as a cost of goods | 
         
            |  | sold under that section; and | 
         
            |  | (3)  may include as compensation under Section 171.1013 | 
         
            |  | any expense paid using qualifying loan or grant proceeds to the | 
         
            |  | extent the expense is otherwise includable as compensation under | 
         
            |  | that section. | 
         
            |  | SECTION 2.  This Act applies only to a report originally due | 
         
            |  | on or after January 1, 2021. | 
         
            |  | 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, 2021. | 
         
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            |  | ______________________________ | ______________________________ | 
         
            |  | President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | 
         
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            |  | I certify that H.B. No. 1195 was passed by the House on April | 
         
            |  | 1, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 148, Nays 0, 1 present, not | 
         
            |  | voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | 
         
            |  | No. 1195 on April 23, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 143, Nays | 
         
            |  | 1, 1 present, not voting. | 
         
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            |  | ______________________________ | 
         
            |  | Chief Clerk of the House | 
         
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            |  | I certify that H.B. No. 1195 was passed by the Senate, with | 
         
            |  | amendments, on April 19, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, | 
         
            |  | Nays 0. | 
         
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            |  | ______________________________ | 
         
            |  | Secretary of the Senate | 
         
            |  | APPROVED: __________________ | 
         
            |  | Date | 
         
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            |  | __________________ | 
         
            |  | Governor |