H.B. No. 1348
AN ACT
relating to the taxation of certain tangible personal property
located inside a defense base development authority.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 379B.011, Local Government Code, is
amended by adding Subsections (c), (d), and (e) to read as follows:
(c) A commercial aircraft to be used as an instrumentality
of commerce that is under construction inside the authority is
presumed to be in interstate, international, or foreign commerce
and not located in this state for longer than a temporary period for
purposes of Sections 11.01 and 21.02, Tax Code.
(d) Tangible personal property located inside the authority
is presumed to be in interstate, international, or foreign commerce
and not located in this state for longer than a temporary period for
purposes of Sections 11.01 and 21.02, Tax Code, if the owner
demonstrates to the chief appraiser for the appraisal district in
which the authority is located that the owner intends to
incorporate the property into or attach the property to a
commercial aircraft described by Subsection (c).
(e) In this section, "commercial aircraft" means an
aircraft under construction that is designed to be used as
described by Section 21.05(e), Tax Code.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to ad valorem taxes imposed for a tax year beginning on or after the
effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2014.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1348 was passed by the House on April
18, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1348 was passed by the Senate on May
17, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 2.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor