| 1 | 1 | | 81R30319 E |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Burnam, Hilderbran, King of Parker, Pea, H.B. No. 791 |
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| 3 | 3 | | Bohac |
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| 4 | 4 | | Substitute the following for H.B. No. 791: |
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| 5 | 5 | | By: Hartnett C.S.H.B. No. 791 |
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| 8 | 8 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 9 | 9 | | AN ACT |
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| 10 | 10 | | relating to the period during which certain energy-efficient |
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| 11 | 11 | | products are exempt from the sales tax. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Section 151.333(c), Tax Code, is amended to read |
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| 14 | 14 | | as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (c) The sale of an energy-efficient product to which this |
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| 16 | 16 | | section applies is exempted from the taxes imposed by this chapter |
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| 17 | 17 | | if the sale takes place: |
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| 18 | 18 | | (1) during a period beginning at 12:01 a.m. on the |
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| 19 | 19 | | Saturday preceding the last Monday in May (Memorial Day) and ending |
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| 20 | 20 | | at 11:59 p.m. on the last Monday in May; or |
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| 21 | 21 | | (2) during a period beginning at 12:01 a.m. on the |
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| 22 | 22 | | first Monday in September (Labor Day) and ending at 11:59 p.m. on |
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| 23 | 23 | | the first Monday in September. |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act does not |
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| 25 | 25 | | affect taxes imposed before the effective date of this Act, and the |
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| 26 | 26 | | law in effect before the effective date of this Act is continued in |
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| 27 | 27 | | effect for purposes of the liability for and collection of those |
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| 28 | 28 | | taxes. |
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| 29 | 29 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect July 1, 2009, if it |
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| 30 | 30 | | receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each |
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| 31 | 31 | | house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. |
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| 32 | 32 | | If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for effect on that |
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| 33 | 33 | | date, this Act takes effect October 1, 2009. |
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