| 1 | 1 | | 81R11756 JE-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Wentworth S.B. No. 1788 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to an exemption from the sales tax on handguns, rifles, |
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| 8 | 8 | | shotguns, and ammunition. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 151, Tax Code, is amended |
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| 11 | 11 | | by adding Section 151.344 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 151.344. HANDGUNS, RIFLES, SHOTGUNS, AND AMMUNITION. |
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| 13 | 13 | | The sale of a handgun, a rifle, a shotgun, or ammunition for a |
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| 14 | 14 | | handgun, rifle, or shotgun is exempted from the taxes imposed by |
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| 15 | 15 | | this chapter if the sale takes place during a period beginning at |
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| 16 | 16 | | 12:01 a.m. on the Friday preceding the second to last Monday in |
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| 17 | 17 | | August and ending at 11:59 p.m. on the second to last Sunday in |
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| 18 | 18 | | August. |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act does not |
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| 20 | 20 | | affect tax liability accruing before the effective date of this |
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| 21 | 21 | | Act. That liability continues in effect as if this Act had not been |
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| 22 | 22 | | enacted, and the former law is continued in effect for the |
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| 23 | 23 | | collection of taxes due and for civil and criminal enforcement of |
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| 24 | 24 | | the liability for those taxes. |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 26 | 26 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 27 | 27 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 28 | 28 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 29 | 29 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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