Bill Text: TX HB991 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Relating to the display of notice of federal and state tax rates for motor fuel sold at retail.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)

Status: (Passed) 2015-06-19 - Effective on 1/1/16 [HB991 Detail]

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By: Bohac, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Huffines) H.B. No. 991
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 11, 2015;
May 12, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on
Transportation; May 22, 2015, reported adversely, with favorable
Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 3;
May 22, 2015, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 991 By: Huffines

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the display of notice of federal and state tax rates for
motor fuel sold at retail.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 17, Agriculture Code, is
amended by adding Section 17.0515 to read as follows:
Sec. 17.0515. NOTICE OF MOTOR FUEL TAX RATES. (a) The
department shall display or require to be displayed on each motor
fuel pump from which motor fuel is sold at retail a notice of the
current rates of the federal and state motor fuel taxes. The notice
must:
(1) display the current rate of each tax, in cents per
gallon, for each type of motor fuel;
(2) be displayed on each face of the motor fuel pump on
which the price of the motor fuel sold from the pump is displayed;
and
(3) be displayed in a clear, conspicuous, and
prominent manner.
(b) The department may include the notice required under
Subsection (a) with any other notice displayed or required by
department rule to be displayed, including a "Fuel Feedback?"
sticker.
SECTION 2. The Department of Agriculture is not required to
display, or may not require to be displayed, a notice on a motor
fuel pump under Section 17.0515, Agriculture Code, as added by this
Act, until the later of the date:
(1) the department is at the pump's location for an
inspection or other official business; or
(2) the department's inventory of "Fuel Feedback?"
stickers on hand on the effective date of this Act is used and the
department acquires new stickers.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2016.
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