Bill Text: TX SB535 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to exemptions from the sales and use tax for certain energy-efficient products.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-22 - No action taken in subcommittee [SB535 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-SB535-Introduced.html

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83R2688 ADM-F
By: West S.B. No. 535

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to exemptions from the sales and use tax for certain
energy-efficient products.
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 $8,000 [$6,000];
(2) a clothes washer;
(3) a ceiling fan;
(4) a dehumidifier;
(5) a dishwasher;
(6) an incandescent or fluorescent lightbulb;
(7) a programmable thermostat; [and]
(8) a refrigerator the sales price of which does not
exceed $2,000;
(9) a room air cleaner or purifier;
(10) home insulating and air sealing products;
(11) ductless heating and cooling equipment;
(12) a boiler;
(13) a furnace;
(14) an air source heat pump; and
(15) a geothermal heat pump.
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, 2013.