Bill Text: TX HB178 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to exemption from the sales tax for certain water efficient products for a limited period.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-05-09 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB178 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB178-Comm_Sub.html
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| By: Larson, Raney, et al. | H.B. No. 178 | |
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| relating to exemption from the sales tax for certain water | ||
| efficient products for a limited period. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 151, Tax Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Section 151.3335 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 151.3335. WATER EFFICIENT PRODUCTS. (a) In this | ||
| section, "WaterSense product" means a product that has been | ||
| designated as a WaterSense certified product under the WaterSense | ||
| program operated by the United States Environmental Protection | ||
| Agency, or a similar successor program. | ||
| (b) The sale of a WaterSense product is exempted from the | ||
| taxes imposed by this chapter if the sale takes place during the | ||
| period described by Section 151.333(c). | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect July 1, 2013, if it | ||
| receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each | ||
| house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. | ||
| If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for effect on that | ||
| date, this Act takes effect October 1, 2013. | ||
