Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 112.004 · Chapter 112. FACILITATING BUSINESS RAPID RESPONSE TO STATE DECLARED DISASTERS ACT
EXEMPTION OF OUT-OF-STATE BUSINESS ENTITY FROM CERTAIN OBLIGATIONS DURING DISASTER RESPONSE PERIOD.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Notwithstanding any other law and except as provided by Section 112.006, an out-of-state business entity whose transaction of business in this state is limited to the performance of disaster- or emergency-related work during a disaster response period is not required to:
(1) register with the secretary of state;
(2) file a tax report with or pay taxes or fees to this state or a political subdivision of this state;
(3) pay an ad valorem tax or use tax on equipment that is brought into the state by the entity, used only by the entity to perform disaster- or emergency-related work during the disaster response period, and removed from the state by the entity following the disaster response period;
(4) comply with state or local business licensing or registration requirements; or
(5) comply with state or local occupational licensing requirements or related fees.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 559 (H.B. 2358), Sec. 1, eff. June 16, 2015.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.112.htm
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