Bill Text: TX HB991 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled


Bill Title: Relating to the display of notice of federal and state tax rates for motor fuel sold at retail.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)

Status: (Passed) 2015-06-19 - Effective on 1/1/16 [HB991 Detail]

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  H.B. No. 991
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the display of notice of federal and state tax rates for
  motor fuel sold at retail.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 17, Agriculture Code, is
  amended by adding Section 17.0515 to read as follows:
         Sec. 17.0515.  NOTICE OF MOTOR FUEL TAX RATES. (a)  The
  department shall display on each motor fuel pump from which motor
  fuel is sold at retail a notice of the current rates of the federal
  and state motor fuel taxes. The notice must:
               (1)  display the current rate of each tax, in cents per
  gallon, for each type of motor fuel;
               (2)  be displayed on each face of the motor fuel pump on
  which the price of the motor fuel sold from the pump is displayed;
  and
               (3)  be displayed in a clear, conspicuous, and
  prominent manner.
         (b)  The department shall include the notice required under
  Subsection (a) with any other notice displayed or required by
  department rule to be displayed, including a "Fuel Feedback?"
  sticker.
         SECTION 2.  The Department of Agriculture is not required to
  display a notice on a motor fuel pump under Section 17.0515,
  Agriculture Code, as added by this Act, until the later of the date:
               (1)  the department is at the pump's location for an
  inspection or other official business; or
               (2)  the department's inventory of "Fuel Feedback?"
  stickers on hand on the effective date of this Act is used and the
  department acquires new stickers.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect January 1, 2016.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 991 was passed by the House on May 8,
  2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 136, Nays 2, 2 present, not
  voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to
  H.B. No. 991 on May 29, 2015, and requested the appointment of a
  conference committee to consider the differences between the two
  houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report
  on H.B. No. 991 on May 31, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 143,
  Nays 0, 2 present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 991 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 27, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 23, Nays
  8; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference
  committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and
  that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No.
  991 on May 31, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 29, Nays 1, 1
  present, not voting
  .
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor       
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