Bill Text: TX HB451 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to an exemption from the sales and use tax for certain lightbulbs for a limited period.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-24 - Withdrawn from schedule [HB451 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB451-Introduced.html

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86R3579 SRA-D
By: Turner of Tarrant H.B. No. 451

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an exemption from the sales and use tax for certain
lightbulbs for a limited period.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 151.333(b), Tax Code, is amended to read
as follows:
(b) This section applies only to the following
energy-efficient products:
(1) an air conditioner the sales price of which does
not exceed $6,000;
(2) a clothes washer;
(3) a ceiling fan;
(4) a dehumidifier;
(5) a dishwasher;
(6) an incandescent, [or] fluorescent, or
light-emitting diode (LED) lightbulb;
(7) a programmable thermostat; and
(8) a refrigerator the sales price of which does not
exceed $2,000.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act does not
affect tax liability accruing before the effective date of this
Act. That liability continues in effect as if this Act had not been
enacted, and the former law is continued in effect for the
collection of taxes due and for civil and criminal enforcement of
the liability for those taxes.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.