Sec. 171.663.  REPORTING OF ESTIMATES AND COLLECTION OF INFORMATION.  (a)  Before the beginning of each regular session of the legislature, the comptroller shall submit to the legislature and the governor estimates of:
(1)  the total number of taxable entities that applied credits under this subchapter against the tax imposed under this chapter;
(2)  the total amount of those credits; and
(3)  the total amount of unused credits carried forward.
(b)  The comptroller may require a taxable entity that claims a credit under this subchapter to complete a form to provide the information necessary for the comptroller to make the evaluations required by Section 151.3182.  The information provided on the form is confidential and not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.
(c)  The comptroller shall provide the estimates required by this section as part of the report required by Section 403.014, Government Code.
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1266 (H.B. 800), Sec. 3, eff. January 1, 2014.