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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T

SPONSOR Robinson

DATE TYPED 02/23/05 HB

SHORT TITLE Newspapers To Publish Service Personnel Info

SB 164

ANALYST Padilla-Jackson

REVENUE

Estimated Revenue

Subsequent

Years Impact

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY05

FY06

NFI

NFI

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Revenue Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Taxation and Revenue Department (TRD)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

Senate Bill 164 would establish a requirement that newspapers allowed gross receipts deductions

from publishing and selling newspapers and magazines to publish the name and hometown of

each dead or wounded service personnel that resulted from combat or overseas deployment.

No effective date is provided for the bill’s provisions.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

There are no fiscal implications from this bill.

ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS

If the bill passed, TRD notes that forms, instructions and publication changes would be needed

for the CRS program. Taxpayer and TRD employee education would be needed. Audit and com-

pliance procedures would have to be developed.

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