81R2519 JE-D
By: Ellis S.B. No. 134
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the period during which certain energy-efficient
products are exempt from the sales tax.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 151.333(c), Tax Code, is amended to read
as follows:
(c) The sale of an energy-efficient product to which this
section applies is exempted from the taxes imposed by this chapter
if the sale takes place during a period beginning at 12:01 a.m. on
the Friday [Saturday] preceding the last Monday in May (Memorial
Day) and ending at 11:59 p.m. on the Tuesday after the last Monday
in May.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act does not
affect taxes imposed before the effective date of this Act, and the
law in effect before the effective date of this Act is continued in
effect for purposes of the liability for and collection of those
taxes.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.