Texas 2021 87th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1249 Introduced / Bill

Filed 03/09/2021

                    87R6447 BEF-D
 By: Taylor S.B. No. 1249


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to temporarily decreasing the rate of the mixed beverage
 gross receipts tax.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  (a)  Section 183.021, Tax Code, is amended to
 read as follows:
 Sec. 183.021.  TAX IMPOSED ON GROSS RECEIPTS OF PERMITTEE
 FROM MIXED BEVERAGES. A tax at the rate of 4.7 [6.7] percent is
 imposed on the gross receipts of a permittee received from the sale,
 preparation, or service of mixed beverages or from the sale,
 preparation, or service of ice or nonalcoholic beverages that are
 sold, prepared, or served for the purpose of being mixed with an
 alcoholic beverage and consumed on the premises of the permittee.
 (b)  The change in law made by this section does not affect
 tax liability accruing before the effective date of this section.
 That liability continues in effect as if this section had not been
 enacted, and the former law is continued in effect for the
 collection and enforcement of those taxes.
 (c)  The change in law made by this section applies beginning
 at 3 a.m. on the effective date of this section. The law in effect
 immediately before the effective date of this section continues in
 effect until 3 a.m. on the effective date of this section.
 SECTION 2.  (a)  This section takes effect September 1,
 2023.
 (b)  Section 183.021, Tax Code, is amended to read as
 follows:
 Sec. 183.021.  TAX IMPOSED ON GROSS RECEIPTS OF PERMITTEE
 FROM MIXED BEVERAGES. A tax at the rate of 6.7 percent is imposed on
 the gross receipts of a permittee received from the sale,
 preparation, or service of mixed beverages or from the sale,
 preparation, or service of ice or nonalcoholic beverages that are
 sold, prepared, or served for the purpose of being mixed with an
 alcoholic beverage and consumed on the premises of the permittee.
 (c)  The change in law made by this section does not affect
 tax liability accruing before the effective date of this section.
 That liability continues in effect as if this section had not been
 enacted, and the former law is continued in effect for the
 collection and enforcement of those taxes.
 (d)  The change in law made by this section applies beginning
 at 3 a.m. on the effective date of this section. The law in effect
 immediately before the effective date of this section continues in
 effect until 3 a.m. on the effective date of this section.
 SECTION 3.  Except as otherwise provided by this Act, this
 Act takes effect September 1, 2021.