Bill Text: TX HB824 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to an exemption from the sales and use tax for certain lightbulbs for a limited period.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-20 - Meeting cancelled [HB824 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB824-Introduced.html
85R3286 ADM-D | ||
By: Turner | H.B. No. 824 |
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relating to an exemption from the sales and use tax for certain | ||
lightbulbs for a limited period. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 151.333(b), Tax Code, is amended to read | ||
as follows: | ||
(b) This section applies only to the following | ||
energy-efficient products: | ||
(1) an air conditioner the sales price of which does | ||
not exceed $6,000; | ||
(2) a clothes washer; | ||
(3) a ceiling fan; | ||
(4) a dehumidifier; | ||
(5) a dishwasher; | ||
(6) an incandescent, [ |
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light-emitting diode (LED) lightbulb; | ||
(7) a programmable thermostat; and | ||
(8) a refrigerator the sales price of which does not | ||
exceed $2,000. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act does not | ||
affect tax liability accruing before the effective date of this | ||
Act. That liability continues in effect as if this Act had not been | ||
enacted, and the former law is continued in effect for the | ||
collection of taxes due and for civil and criminal enforcement of | ||
the liability for those taxes. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |