| 1 | 1 | | 84R2563 TJB-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Button H.B. No. 2136 |
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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 the exemption of inventory of certain retail businesses |
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| 8 | 8 | | from ad valorem taxation by a school district. |
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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 B, Chapter 11, Tax Code, is amended |
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| 11 | 11 | | by adding Section 11.35 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 11.35. RETAIL INVENTORY. (a) A person is entitled to |
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| 13 | 13 | | an exemption from taxation by a school district of the appraised |
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| 14 | 14 | | value of the person's inventory held for sale at retail. |
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| 15 | 15 | | (b) The exemption provided by Subsection (a) does not apply |
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| 16 | 16 | | to: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (1) real property; |
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| 18 | 18 | | (2) a dealer's motor vehicle inventory, as defined by |
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| 19 | 19 | | Section 23.121; |
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| 20 | 20 | | (3) a dealer's heavy equipment inventory, as defined |
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| 21 | 21 | | by Section 23.1241; |
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| 22 | 22 | | (4) a dealer's vessel and outboard motor inventory, as |
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| 23 | 23 | | defined by Section 23.124; or |
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| 24 | 24 | | (5) retail manufactured housing inventory, as defined |
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| 25 | 25 | | by Section 23.127. |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 2. This Act applies only to an ad valorem tax year |
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| 27 | 27 | | that begins on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2016, but only |
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| 29 | 29 | | if the constitutional amendment proposed by the 84th Legislature, |
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| 30 | 30 | | Regular Session, 2015, authorizing the legislature to exempt from |
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| 31 | 31 | | ad valorem taxation by one or more political subdivisions of this |
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| 32 | 32 | | state a person's inventory held for sale at retail is approved by |
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| 33 | 33 | | the voters. If that amendment is not approved by the voters, this |
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| 34 | 34 | | Act has no effect. |
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