Bill Text: TX HB3469 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the contents of a receipt for motor fuel sold at retail; providing a penalty.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-02 - Left pending in committee [HB3469 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB3469-Introduced.html
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| By: Bohac | H.B. No. 3469 | |
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| relating to the contents of a receipt for motor fuel sold at retail; | ||
| providing a penalty. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subtitle C, Title 5, Business & Commerce Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Chapter 109 to read as follows: | ||
| CHAPTER 109. RECEIPTS FOR MOTOR FUEL SOLD AT RETAIL | ||
| Sec. 109.001. MOTOR FUEL RECEIPTS; TAX INFORMATION. (a) In | ||
| this chapter, "motor fuel" has the meaning assigned by Section | ||
| 162.001, Tax Code. | ||
| (b) A person that sells motor fuel at retail shall state on a | ||
| receipt that evidences payment for the sale and is provided to the | ||
| customer the amount and rate of: | ||
| (1) the federal motor fuel taxes applicable to the | ||
| sale; and | ||
| (2) the state motor fuel taxes applicable to the sale. | ||
| (c) The receipt shall state each tax described by Subsection | ||
| (b) as separate line items on the receipt. | ||
| (d) A person who violates this section is liable to this | ||
| state for a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed $500 for each | ||
| calendar month in which a violation occurs. The civil penalty may | ||
| not be imposed for more than one violation that occurs in a month. | ||
| The attorney general or the appropriate prosecuting attorney in the | ||
| county in which the violation occurs may bring an action to recover | ||
| the civil penalty imposed under this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect January 1, 2014. | ||
