80R2252 CBH-F
 
  By: Krusee H.B. No. 688
 
 
 
   
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a credit or refund for diesel fuel taxes paid on diesel
fuel used in this state by auxiliary power units or power take-off
equipment.
       BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
       SECTION 1.  Section 162.227, Tax Code, is amended by adding
Subsection (d-1) to read as follows:
       (d-1)  A license holder may take a credit on a return for the
period in which the purchase occurred, and a person who does not
hold a license may file a refund claim with the comptroller, if the
license holder or person paid tax on diesel fuel and the diesel fuel
is used in this state by auxiliary power units or power take-off
equipment on any motor vehicle. If the quantity of that diesel
fuel can be accurately measured while the motor vehicle is
stationary by any metering or other measuring device or method
designed to measure the fuel separately from fuel used to propel the
motor vehicle, the comptroller may approve and adopt the use of the
device as a basis for determining the quantity of diesel fuel
consumed in those operations for a tax credit or tax refund. If
there is no separate metering device or other approved measuring
method, the license holder may take the credit and the person who
does not hold a license may claim the refund on a percentage of the
diesel fuel consumed by each motor vehicle equipped with an
auxiliary power unit or power take-off equipment. The comptroller
shall determine the percentage of the credit or refund. The
climate-control air conditioning or heating system of a motor
vehicle that has a primary purpose of providing for the convenience
or comfort of the operator or passengers is not a power take-off
system, and a credit or refund may not be allowed for the tax paid on
any portion of the diesel fuel that is used for that purpose. A
credit or refund may not be allowed for the diesel fuel tax paid on
that portion of the diesel fuel that is used for idling.
       SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.