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By: Bohac, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Huffines) |
H.B. No. 991 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House May 11, 2015; |
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May 12, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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Transportation; May 22, 2015, reported adversely, with favorable |
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Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 3; |
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May 22, 2015, sent to printer.) |
Click here to see the committee vote |
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 991 |
By: Huffines |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the display of notice of federal and state tax rates for |
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motor fuel sold at retail. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 17, Agriculture Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 17.0515 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 17.0515. NOTICE OF MOTOR FUEL TAX RATES. (a) The |
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department shall display or require to be displayed on each motor |
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fuel pump from which motor fuel is sold at retail a notice of the |
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current rates of the federal and state motor fuel taxes. The notice |
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must: |
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(1) display the current rate of each tax, in cents per |
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gallon, for each type of motor fuel; |
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(2) be displayed on each face of the motor fuel pump on |
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which the price of the motor fuel sold from the pump is displayed; |
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and |
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(3) be displayed in a clear, conspicuous, and |
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prominent manner. |
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(b) The department may include the notice required under |
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Subsection (a) with any other notice displayed or required by |
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department rule to be displayed, including a "Fuel Feedback?" |
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sticker. |
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SECTION 2. The Department of Agriculture is not required to |
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display, or may not require to be displayed, a notice on a motor |
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fuel pump under Section 17.0515, Agriculture Code, as added by this |
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Act, until the later of the date: |
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(1) the department is at the pump's location for an |
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inspection or other official business; or |
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(2) the department's inventory of "Fuel Feedback?" |
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stickers on hand on the effective date of this Act is used and the |
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department acquires new stickers. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2016. |
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