Bill Text: TX SB1356 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to exemption from the sales tax for certain water-efficient products for a limited period.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-19 - Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [SB1356 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB1356-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to exemption from the sales tax for certain water-efficient products for a limited period.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-19 - Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [SB1356 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB1356-Comm_Sub.html
By: Hinojosa | S.B. No. 1356 | |
(Darby) | ||
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relating to exemption from the sales tax for certain | ||
water-efficient products for a limited period. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 151, Tax Code, is amended | ||
by adding Section 151.3335 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 151.3335. WATER-EFFICIENT PRODUCTS. (a) In this | ||
section, "WaterSense product" means a product that has been | ||
designated as a WaterSense certified product under the WaterSense | ||
program operated by the United States Environmental Protection | ||
Agency, or a similar successor program. | ||
(b) The sale of a WaterSense product is exempted from the | ||
taxes imposed by this chapter if the sale takes place during the | ||
period described by Section 151.333(c). | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect July 1, 2015, 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 effect on that | ||
date, this Act takes effect October 1, 2015. |