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1		-	S.B. No. 313
	1	+	By: Huffman, et al. S.B. No. 313
	2	+	(Meyer)
2	3
3	4
	5	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	6		AN ACT
5	7		relating to a sales and use tax exemption for firearm safety
6	8		equipment.
7	9		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	10		SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 151, Tax Code, is amended
9	11		by adding Section 151.3131 to read as follows:
10	12		Sec. 151.3131. FIREARM SAFETY EQUIPMENT. (a) In this
11	13		section, "firearm safety equipment" means a gun lock box, a gun
12		-	safe, a barrel lock, a trigger lock, a firearm safety training
13		-	manual or electronic publication, or another item designed to
	14	+	safe, a barrel lock, a trigger lock, or another item designed to
14	15		ensure the safe handling or storage of a firearm.
15	16		(b) The sale, storage, use, or other consumption of firearm
16	17		safety equipment is exempted from the taxes imposed by this
17	18		chapter.
18	19		SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act does not
19	20		affect tax liability accruing before the effective date of this
20	21		Act. That liability continues in effect as if this Act had not been
21	22		enacted, and the former law is continued in effect for the
22	23		collection of taxes due and for civil and criminal enforcement of
23	24		the liability for those taxes.
24	25		SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
25		-	______________________________ ______________________________
26		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
27		-	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 313 passed the Senate on
28		-	April 19, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1; and that
29		-	the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 27, 2021, by the
30		-	following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
31		-	______________________________
32		-	Secretary of the Senate
33		-	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 313 passed the House, with
34		-	amendment, on May 18, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 142,
35		-	Nays 2, one present not voting.
36		-	______________________________
37		-	Chief Clerk of the House
38		-	Approved:
39		-	______________________________
40		-	Date
41		-	______________________________
42		-	Governor