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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the period during which certain energy-efficient |
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products are exempt from the sales tax. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 151.333(c), Tax Code, is amended to read |
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as follows: |
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(c) The sale of an energy-efficient product to which this |
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section applies is exempted from the taxes imposed by this chapter |
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if the sale takes place: |
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(1) during a period beginning at 12:01 a.m. on the |
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Saturday preceding the last Monday in May (Memorial Day) and ending |
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at 11:59 p.m. on the last Monday in May; or |
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(2) during a period around July 4, as follows: |
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(A) if July 4 occurs on a Saturday, a period |
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beginning at 12:01 a.m. on the previous Friday and ending at 11:59 |
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p.m. on the following Sunday; |
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(B) if July 4 occurs on a Sunday, a period |
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beginning at 12:01 a.m. on the previous Saturday and ending at 11:59 |
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p.m. on the following Monday; |
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(C) if July 4 occurs on a Monday or Tuesday, a |
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period beginning at 12:01 a.m. on the previous Saturday and ending |
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at 11:59 p.m. on July 4; or |
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(D) if July 4 occurs on a Wednesday, Thursday, or |
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Friday, a period beginning at 12:01 a.m. on July 4 and ending at |
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11:59 p.m. on the following Sunday. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act does not |
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affect taxes imposed before the effective date of this Act, and the |
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law in effect before the effective date of this Act is continued in |
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effect for purposes of the liability for and collection of those |
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taxes. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect July 1, 2009, if it |
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receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each |
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house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. |
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If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for effect on that |
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date, this Act takes effect October 1, 2009. |