By Stiles H.B. No. 1660 Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1660: By Heflin C.S.H.B. No. 1660 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to sales tax exemptions for religious, charitable, 1-3 educational, and public service organizations. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 151.310 of the Tax Code is amended by 1-6 adding a new subsection (e) to read as follows: 1-7 "(e) A charitable organization that qualifies for an 1-8 exemption under subsection (a)(2) of this section may hold 1-9 fundraising auctions at any time during a calendar year. Provided, 1-10 however, that such organization's bona fide chapters may not hold 1-11 more than one auction per month. The sale of a taxable item at 1-12 such auction is exempted from the sales tax imposed by Subchapter C 1-13 of this chapter. The storage, use, or consumption of a taxable 1-14 item acquired at such auction is exempted from the use tax imposed 1-15 by Subchapter D of this chapter until the item is resold or 1-16 subsequently transferred." 1-17 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the 1-18 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-19 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-20 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-21 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 1-22 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 1-23 passage, and it is so enacted.