By: Homer H.B. No. 4516
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the taxation of sales and use of off-road vehicles.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 152.001(3), Tax Code, is amended to read
as follows:
(3) "Motor vehicle [Vehicle]" includes:
(A) a self-propelled vehicle designed to
transport persons or property on a public highway;
(B) a trailer and semitrailer, including a van,
flatbed, tank, dumpster, dolly, jeep, stinger, auxiliary axle, or
converter gear; [and]
(C) a house trailer as defined by Chapter 501,
Transportation Code; and
(D) an off-road vehicle.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act does not
affect tax liability accruing before the effective date of this
Act. That liability continues in effect as if this Act had not been
enacted, and the former law is continued in effect for the
collection of taxes due and for civil and criminal enforcement of
the liability for those taxes.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.