87R7696 SMT-F
 
  By: Talarico H.B. No. 4261
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the location at which a sale is consummated for purposes
  of local sales and use taxes.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 321.203(a), Tax Code, is amended to read
  as follows:
         (a)  A sale of a taxable item occurs within the municipality
  in which the sale is consummated. A sale is consummated as provided
  by this section regardless of the place where transfer of title or
  possession occurs and regardless of the method the purchaser uses
  to communicate the order to the retailer.
         SECTION 2.  Section 323.203(a), Tax Code, is amended to read
  as follows:
         (a)  A sale of a taxable item occurs within the county in
  which the sale is consummated. A sale is consummated as provided by
  this section regardless of the place where transfer of title or
  possession occurs and regardless of the method the purchaser uses
  to communicate the order to the retailer.
         SECTION 3.  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 4.  This Act takes effect October 1, 2021.