By: Kolkhorst S.B. No. 853 (In the Senate - Filed February 27, 2015; March 4, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Finance; April 8, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 13, Nays 0; April 8, 2015, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the signature requirement for a sales tax permit application filed electronically. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 151.202, Tax Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: (c) An application that is filed electronically complies with the signature requirement under Subsection (b). SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2015. * * * * *