Bill Text: TX SB535 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to exemptions from the sales and use tax for certain energy-efficient products.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-22 - No action taken in subcommittee [SB535 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB535-Introduced.html
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By: West | S.B. No. 535 |
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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 [ |
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(2) a clothes washer; | ||
(3) a ceiling fan; | ||
(4) a dehumidifier; | ||
(5) a dishwasher; | ||
(6) an incandescent or fluorescent lightbulb; | ||
(7) a programmable thermostat; [ |
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(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. |