H.B. No. 3578
AN ACT
relating to the payment methods for cigarette and tobacco products
permit fees.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 154.1135(b), Tax Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) The payment must be made in cash or by money order, [or]
check, or credit card.
SECTION 2. Section 155.050(b), Tax Code, is amended to read
as follows:
(b) The payment must be made in cash or by money order, [or]
check, or credit card.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3578 was passed by the House on May 6,
2021, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to
H.B. No. 3578 on May 28, 2021, and requested the appointment of a
conference committee to consider the differences between the two
houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report
on H.B. No. 3578 on May 30, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 143,
Nays 0, 2 present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3578 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 25, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
0; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference
committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and
that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No.
3578 on May 30, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor