Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3366 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 03/08/2017

                            85R12999 CJC-F
 By: Bohac H.B. No. 3366


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to the application of the sales and use tax to certain
 property and services.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Section 151.0028, Tax Code, is amended by
 amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
 follows:
 (b)  "Amusement services" includes:
 (1)  membership in a private club or organization that
 provides entertainment, recreational, sports, dining, or social
 facilities to its members; and
 (2)  the purchase of an admission through the use of a
 coin-operated machine.
 (c)  Notwithstanding Subsection (b), "amusement services"
 does not include services provided through coin-operated machines
 that are operated by the consumer.
 SECTION 2.  Section 151.0045, Tax Code, is amended to read as
 follows:
 Sec. 151.0045.  "PERSONAL SERVICES". "Personal services"
 means those personal services listed as personal services under
 Group 721, Major Group 72 of the Standard Industrial Classification
 Manual, 1972, and includes massage parlors, escort services, and
 Turkish baths under Group 729 of said manual but does not include
 any other services listed under Group 729 unless otherwise covered
 under this chapter [Act], prepared by the statistical policy
 division of the office on management and budget, office of the
 president of the United States. The term does not include services
 provided through coin-operated machines that are operated by the
 consumer.
 SECTION 3.  Section 151.006, Tax Code, is amended by
 amending Subsections (a) and (c) and adding Subsection (e) to read
 as follows:
 (a)  "Sale for resale" means a sale of:
 (1)  tangible personal property or a taxable service to
 a purchaser who acquires the property or service for the purpose of
 reselling it [with or] as a taxable item as defined by Section
 151.010 in the United States of America or a possession or territory
 of the United States of America or in the United Mexican States in
 the normal course of business in the form or condition in which it
 is acquired or as an attachment to or integral part of other
 tangible personal property or taxable service;
 (2)  tangible personal property to a purchaser for the
 sole purpose of the purchaser's leasing or renting it in the United
 States of America or a possession or territory of the United States
 of America or in the United Mexican States in the normal course of
 business to another person, but not if incidental to the leasing or
 renting of real estate;
 (3)  tangible personal property to a purchaser who
 acquires the property for the purpose of transferring it in the
 United States of America or a possession or territory of the United
 States of America or in the United Mexican States as an integral
 part of a taxable service;
 (4)  a taxable service performed on tangible personal
 property that is held for sale by the purchaser of the taxable
 service; or
 (5)  except as provided by Subsection (c), tangible
 personal property to a purchaser who acquires the property for the
 purpose of transferring it as an integral part of performing a
 contract, or a subcontract of a contract, with an entity or
 organization exempted from the taxes imposed by this chapter under
 Section 151.309 or 151.310 [the federal government] only if the
 purchaser:
 (A)  allocates and bills to the contract the cost
 of the property as a direct or indirect cost; and
 (B)  transfers title to the property to the exempt
 entity or organization [federal government] under the contract and
 applicable [federal] acquisition regulations.
 (c)  A sale for resale does not include the sale of tangible
 personal property or a taxable service to a purchaser who acquires
 the property or service for the purpose of performing a contract, or
 a subcontract of a contract, with an entity or organization
 exempted from the taxes imposed by this chapter under Section
 151.309 or 151.310 [service that is not taxed under this chapter],
 regardless of whether title transfers to the service provider's
 customer, unless the tangible personal property or taxable service
 is purchased for the purpose of reselling it to the United States in
 a contract, or a subcontract of a contract, with any branch of the
 Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, Department
 of Energy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Central
 Intelligence Agency, National Security Agency, National Oceanic
 and Atmospheric Administration, or National Reconnaissance Office
 to the extent allocated and billed to the contract with the federal
 government.
 (e)  A sale for resale does not include the sale of tangible
 personal property that will be used, consumed, or expended in, or
 incorporated into, an oil or gas well by a purchaser who acquires
 the property to perform an oil well service taxable under Chapter
 191.
 SECTION 4.  Section 151.338, Tax Code, is amended to read as
 follows:
 Sec. 151.338.  ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION SERVICES. (a)
 Subject to Subsection (b), labor to [The services involved in the]
 repair, remodel, maintain, or restore [remodeling, maintenance, or
 restoration of] tangible personal property is exempted from the
 taxes imposed by [are not taxable under] this chapter if:
 (1)  the amount of the charge for labor is separately
 itemized; and
 (2)  the repair, remodeling, maintenance, or
 restoration is required by statute, ordinance, order, rule, or
 regulation of any commission, agency, court, or political,
 governmental, or quasi-governmental entity in order to protect the
 environment or to conserve energy.
 (b)  The exemption provided by this section does not apply to
 tangible personal property transferred by the service provider to
 the purchaser as part of the service.
 SECTION 5.  Section 151.335, Tax Code, is repealed.
 SECTION 6.  The changes in law made by this Act do 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 7.  This Act takes effect October 1, 2017.