| 1 | 1 | | 88R1268 RDS-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Burns, et al. H.B. No. 2683 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the use of dyed diesel fuel to operate a motor vehicle |
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| 8 | 8 | | during and for a limited period following certain disasters. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 162.235, Tax Code, is amended by adding |
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| 11 | 11 | | Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (c) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a person who purchases |
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| 13 | 13 | | dyed motor fuel and furnishes to the licensed supplier or |
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| 14 | 14 | | distributor under Section 162.206(a) a signed statement that |
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| 15 | 15 | | includes an end user number issued by the comptroller may operate a |
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| 16 | 16 | | motor vehicle on a public highway in this state with that dyed motor |
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| 17 | 17 | | fuel in the fuel supply tank of the motor vehicle during a period |
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| 18 | 18 | | beginning on the date a state of disaster is declared under Section |
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| 19 | 19 | | 418.014, Government Code, due to a fire, flood, earthquake, |
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| 20 | 20 | | tornado, hurricane, storm, or energy emergency and ending on the |
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| 21 | 21 | | 30th day after the declaration expires or otherwise terminates, if |
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| 22 | 22 | | the motor vehicle is operated: |
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| 23 | 23 | | (1) in the area designated a disaster area by the |
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| 24 | 24 | | disaster declaration; or |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2) in an area other than the area described by |
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| 26 | 26 | | Subdivision (1) if the dyed motor fuel was placed in the fuel supply |
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| 27 | 27 | | tank of the motor vehicle in the area described by that subdivision. |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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| 29 | 29 | | to conduct that occurs on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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| 30 | 30 | | Conduct that occurred before the effective date of this Act is |
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| 31 | 31 | | governed by the law in effect on the date the conduct occurred, and |
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| 32 | 32 | | the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For |
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| 33 | 33 | | purposes of this section, conduct occurred before the effective |
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| 34 | 34 | | date of this Act if any element of the conduct occurred before that |
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| 35 | 35 | | date. |
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| 36 | 36 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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