Bill Text: TX HB1201 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to a sales tax exemption for items sold at a United States military installation to a member of the United States armed forces on active duty.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-03 - Referred to Ways & Means [HB1201 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB1201-Introduced.html
  84R5414 TJB-D
 
  By: Miller of Fort Bend H.B. No. 1201
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to a sales tax exemption for items sold at a United States
  military installation to a member of the United States armed forces
  on active duty.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter H, Chapter 151, Tax Code, is amended
  by adding Section 151.345 to read as follows:
         Sec. 151.345.  ITEMS SOLD AT MILITARY INSTALLATION TO ACTIVE
  DUTY MILITARY PERSONNEL. A taxable item sold, leased, or rented
  within the boundaries of a United States military installation to a
  person who is a member of the United States armed forces on active
  duty is exempted from the sales tax imposed by this chapter if the
  sale, lease, or rental is made by a seller physically located at the
  installation.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act does not
  affect taxes imposed before the effective date of this Act, and the
  law in effect before the effective date of this Act is continued in
  effect for purposes of the liability for and collection of those
  taxes.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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