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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the use of dyed diesel fuel to operate a motor vehicle |
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during and for a limited period following certain disasters. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 162.235, Tax Code, is amended by adding |
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Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a person who purchases |
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dyed motor fuel and furnishes to the licensed supplier or |
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distributor under Section 162.206(a) a signed statement that |
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includes an end user number issued by the comptroller may operate a |
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motor vehicle on a public highway in this state with that dyed motor |
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fuel in the fuel supply tank of the motor vehicle during a period |
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beginning on the date a state of disaster is declared under Section |
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418.014, Government Code, due to a fire, flood, earthquake, |
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tornado, hurricane, storm, or energy emergency and ending on the |
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30th day after the declaration expires or otherwise terminates, if |
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the motor vehicle is operated: |
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(1) in the area designated a disaster area by the |
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disaster declaration; or |
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(2) in an area other than the area described by |
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Subdivision (1) if the dyed motor fuel was placed in the fuel supply |
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tank of the motor vehicle in the area described by that subdivision. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to conduct that occurs on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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Conduct that occurred before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect on the date the conduct occurred, and |
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the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For |
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purposes of this section, conduct occurred before the effective |
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date of this Act if any element of the conduct occurred before that |
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date. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |