| 1 | 1 | | 84R11806 GRM-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Murphy H.B. No. 2910 |
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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 a sales and use tax exemption for certain equipment used |
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| 8 | 8 | | for mineral exploration and production. |
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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. Section 151.324(b), Tax Code, is amended to read |
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| 11 | 11 | | as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (b) Drilling and fracturing equipment, including a blender, |
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| 13 | 13 | | liquid or acid pumping system, or custom trailer for fracturing |
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| 14 | 14 | | equipment, that is used for the exploration for or production of |
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| 15 | 15 | | oil, gas, sulphur, or other minerals, that is built for exclusive |
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| 16 | 16 | | use outside this state, and that is, on completion, removed |
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| 17 | 17 | | forthwith from this state is exempted from the taxes imposed by this |
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| 18 | 18 | | chapter. |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act do not affect |
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| 20 | 20 | | tax liability accruing before the effective date of this Act. That |
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| 21 | 21 | | liability continues in effect as if this Act had not been enacted, |
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| 22 | 22 | | and the former law is continued in effect for the collection of |
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| 23 | 23 | | taxes due and for civil and criminal enforcement of the liability |
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| 24 | 24 | | 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, 2015. |
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