Bill Text: TX HB344 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the use of customs brokers to obtain a refund of sales and use taxes.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-15 - Referred to Ways & Means [HB344 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HB344-Introduced.html

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82R1694 MXM-D
By: Quintanilla H.B. No. 344

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the use of customs brokers to obtain a refund of sales
and use taxes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 111.00455(b), Tax Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) The following are not contested cases under Subsection
(a) and Section 2003.101, Government Code:
(1) a show cause hearing or any hearing not related to
the collection, receipt, administration, or enforcement of the
amount of a tax or fee imposed, or the penalty or interest
associated with that amount, except for a hearing under Section
[151.157(f), 151.1575(c), 151.712(g),] 154.1142[,] or 155.0592;
(2) a property value study hearing under Subchapter M,
Chapter 403, Government Code;
(3) a hearing in which the issue relates to:
(A) Chapters 72-75, Property Code;
(B) forfeiture of a right to do business;
(C) a certificate of authority;
(D) articles of incorporation;
(E) a penalty imposed under Section 151.7031;
(F) the refusal or failure to settle under
Section 111.101; or
(G) a request for or revocation of an exemption
from taxation; and
(4) any other hearing not related to the collection,
receipt, administration, or enforcement of the amount of a tax or
fee imposed, or the penalty or interest associated with that
amount.
SECTION 2. Section 151.307(b), Tax Code, is amended to read
as follows:
(b) When an exemption is claimed because tangible personal
property is exported beyond the territorial limits of the United
States, proof of export may be shown only by:
(1) a bill of lading issued by a licensed and
certificated carrier of persons or property showing the seller as
consignor, the buyer as consignee, and a delivery point outside the
territorial limits of the United States;
(2) [documentation:
[(A) provided by a United States Customs Broker
licensed by the comptroller under Section 151.157;
[(B) certifying that delivery was made to a point
outside the territorial limits of the United States;
[(C) that includes, in addition to any other
information required by the comptroller, a statement signed by the
person claiming the exemption that states that "Providing false
information to a customs broker is a Class B misdemeanor."; and
[(D) to which a stamp issued under Section
151.158 is affixed in the manner required by that section or Section
151.157;
[(3)] import documents from the country of destination
showing that the property was imported into a country other than the
United States;
(3) [(4)] an original airway, ocean, or railroad bill
of lading and a forwarder's receipt if an air, ocean, or rail
freight forwarder takes possession of the property; or
(4) [(5)] any other manner provided by the comptroller
for an enterprise authorized to make tax-free purchases under
Section 151.156.
SECTION 3. Section 151.406(a), Tax Code, is amended to read
as follows:
(a) Except as provided by Section 151.407, a tax report
required by this chapter must:
(1) for sales tax purposes, show the amount of the
total receipts of a seller for the reporting period;
(2) for use tax purposes, show the amount of the total
receipts from sales by a retailer of taxable items during the
reporting period for storage, use, or consumption in this state;
(3) show the amount of the total sales prices of
taxable items that are subject to the use tax during the reporting
period and that were acquired for storage, use, or consumption in
this state by a purchaser who did not pay the tax to a retailer;
(4) show the amount of the taxes due for the reporting
period; and
(5) [show the amount of sales tax refunded for items
exported beyond the territorial limits of the United States after
receiving documentation under Section 151.307(b)(2); and
[(6)] include other information that the comptroller
determines to be necessary for the proper administration of this
chapter.
SECTION 4. The following provisions of the Tax Code are
repealed:
(1) Section 151.157;
(2) Section 151.1575;
(3) Section 151.158;
(4) Section 151.159;
(5) Sections 151.307(c), (d), and (e);
(6) Section 151.712; and
(7) Section 151.713.
SECTION 5. The change in law made by this Act does not
affect taxes imposed before the effective date of this Act. Taxes
imposed before the effective date of this Act are governed by the
law in effect when the taxes were imposed, and that law is continued
in effect for purposes of the liability for and collection of those
taxes.
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect October 1, 2011.