Bill Text: TX HB1137 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to limiting the assessment of certain fees and taxes during a declared state of disaster.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 6-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-04 - Referred to Ways & Means [HB1137 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB1137-Introduced.html
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| By: Cain | H.B. No. 1137 | |
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| relating to limiting the assessment of certain fees and taxes | ||
| during a declared state of disaster. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 418, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 418.0125 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 418.0125. LIMIT ON ASSESSMENT OF FEES AND TAXES. If | ||
| the governor issues an executive order, proclamation, or regulation | ||
| during a declared state of disaster that restricts the operation of | ||
| a business or category of businesses, a business whose operation is | ||
| restricted by the order, proclamation, or regulation may not be | ||
| assessed any tax or fee, including a licensing fee, by this state | ||
| during the time the operation of the business is restricted by the | ||
| order, proclamation, or regulation. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
