Bill Text: TX HB3086 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the sales and use tax exemption for property used in the production of motion picture, video, or audio recordings and broadcasts.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-31 - Effective immediately [HB3086 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3086-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 3086 |
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relating to the sales and use tax exemption for property used in the | ||
production of motion picture, video, or audio recordings and | ||
broadcasts. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 151.3185, Tax Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 151.3185. PROPERTY USED IN THE PRODUCTION OF MOTION | ||
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SECTION 2. Section 151.3185, Tax Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsections (a) and (e) and adding Subsection (h) to read | ||
as follows: | ||
(a) The sale, lease, or rental or storage, use, or other | ||
consumption of the following items are exempted from the taxes | ||
imposed by this chapter: | ||
(1) tangible personal property that will become an | ||
ingredient or component part of: | ||
(A) a motion picture, [ |
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recording, a copy of which is sold or offered for ultimate sale, | ||
licensed, distributed, broadcast, or otherwise exhibited for | ||
consideration; or | ||
(B) a broadcast by a producer of cable programs | ||
or by a radio or television station licensed by the Federal | ||
Communications Commission; | ||
(2) tangible personal property that is necessary or | ||
essential to and used or consumed in or during: | ||
(A) the production of a motion picture, [ |
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video, or audio master recording, a copy of which is sold or offered | ||
for ultimate sale, licensed, distributed, broadcast, or otherwise | ||
exhibited for consideration; or | ||
(B) the production of a broadcast by or for a | ||
cable program producer or by or for a radio or television station | ||
licensed by the Federal Communications Commission; and | ||
(3) except as provided by Subsection (c), services | ||
that are necessary and essential to and used directly in a | ||
production described by Subdivision (2)(A) or (B). | ||
(e) The sale of a motion picture, video, or audio master | ||
recording by the producer of the master recording is exempt from the | ||
taxes imposed by this chapter. | ||
(h) In this section, "master recording" means the principal | ||
media on which images, sound, or a combination of images and sound | ||
are first fixed and from which copies are commercially made | ||
available for sale, license, distribution, broadcast, or | ||
exhibition for consideration. | ||
SECTION 3. The amendment made by this Act is a clarification | ||
of existing law and does not imply that existing law may be | ||
construed as inconsistent with the law as amended by this Act. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 3086 was passed by the House on April | ||
10, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 4, 1 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 3086 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
15, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |