Tex. Tax Code Section 142.005
Authority to Enter into Agreement


(a)

The comptroller is authorized and directed to participate in the development of the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement with one or more states to simplify and modernize sales and use tax administration in order to substantially reduce the burden of tax compliance for all sellers and for all types of commerce. In the development of the agreement, the comptroller may act jointly with other states that are members of the agreement to establish standards for certification of a certified service provider and certified automated system and establish performance standards for multistate sellers.

(b)

The comptroller or the comptroller’s designee may represent this state before the other states that are signatories to the agreement.

(c)

The comptroller may enter into the agreement on behalf of this state if the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house of representatives, and comptroller unanimously agree that it would be in this state’s best interest to be a signatory to the agreement.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1053, Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2001. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1310, Sec. 94, eff. Oct. 1, 2003.

Source: Section 142.005 — Authority to Enter into Agreement, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/TX/htm/TX.­142.­htm#142.­005 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).

Accessed:
Jun. 5, 2024

§ 142.005’s source at texas​.gov