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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to an exemption from the sales tax for nonvehicular fuel  | 
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cells. | 
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       BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
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       SECTION 1.  Subchapter H, Chapter 151, Tax Code, is amended  | 
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by adding Section 151.356 to read as follows: | 
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       Sec. 151.356.  NONVEHICULAR FUEL CELLS.  (a)  In this  | 
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section, "fuel cell" means a device that uses fuel, oxygen, and a  | 
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catalyst to generate electricity by electrochemical means. | 
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       (b)  The sale, use, or other consumption of a fuel cell is  | 
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exempted from the taxes imposed by this chapter unless the fuel cell  | 
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is designed to be the source of motive power of a vehicle or  | 
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provides the motive power of a vehicle. | 
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       (c)  This section expires January 1, 2015. | 
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       SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |