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| 5 | 6 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 7 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 8 | | relating to a credit or refund for diesel fuel taxes paid on diesel |
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| 8 | 9 | | fuel used in this state by auxiliary power units or power take-off |
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| 9 | 10 | | equipment. |
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| 10 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Section 162.227, Tax Code, is amended by adding |
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| 12 | 13 | | Subsection (d-1) to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 14 | | (d-1) A license holder may take a credit on a return for the |
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| 14 | 15 | | period in which the purchase occurred, and a person who does not |
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| 15 | 16 | | hold a license may file a refund claim with the comptroller, if the |
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| 16 | 17 | | license holder or person paid tax on diesel fuel and the diesel fuel |
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| 17 | 18 | | is used in this state by auxiliary power units or power take-off |
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| 18 | 19 | | equipment on any motor vehicle. If the quantity of that diesel fuel |
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| 19 | 20 | | can be accurately measured while the motor vehicle is stationary by |
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| 20 | 21 | | any metering or other measuring device or method designed to |
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| 21 | 22 | | measure the fuel separately from fuel used to propel the motor |
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| 22 | 23 | | vehicle, the comptroller may approve and adopt the use of the device |
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| 23 | 24 | | as a basis for determining the quantity of diesel fuel consumed in |
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| 24 | 25 | | those operations for a tax credit or tax refund. If there is no |
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| 25 | 26 | | separate metering device or other approved measuring method, the |
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| 26 | 27 | | license holder may take the credit and the person who does not hold |
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| 27 | 28 | | a license may claim the refund on a percentage of the diesel fuel |
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| 28 | 29 | | consumed by each motor vehicle equipped with an auxiliary power |
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| 29 | 30 | | unit or power take-off equipment. The comptroller shall determine |
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| 30 | 31 | | the percentage of the credit or refund. The climate-control air |
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| 31 | 32 | | conditioning or heating system of a motor vehicle that has a primary |
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| 32 | 33 | | purpose of providing for the convenience or comfort of the operator |
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| 33 | 34 | | or passengers is not a power take-off system, and a credit or refund |
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| 34 | 35 | | may not be allowed for the tax paid on any portion of the diesel fuel |
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| 35 | 36 | | that is used for that purpose. A credit or refund may not be allowed |
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| 36 | 37 | | for the diesel fuel tax paid on that portion of the diesel fuel that |
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| 37 | 38 | | is used for idling. |
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| 38 | 39 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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