85R11718 TJB-D
By: Uresti H.B. No. 2513
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to increasing the rate of the state diesel fuel tax.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 162.202, Tax Code, is amended to read as
follows:
Sec. 162.202. TAX RATE. The diesel fuel tax rate is 22 [20]
cents for each net gallon or fractional part on which the tax is
imposed under Section 162.201.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act does not
affect tax liability accruing before the effective date of this
Act. That liability continues in effect as if this Act had not been
enacted, and the former law is continued in effect for the
collection of taxes due and for civil and criminal enforcement of
the liability for those taxes.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.