84R579 ADM-D
 
  By: Faircloth, Guillen, Keough, Gutierrez H.B. No. 1625
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to an exemption from the sales and use tax for certain
  lightbulbs for a limited period.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 151.333(b), Tax Code, is amended to read
  as follows:
         (b)  This section applies only to the following
  energy-efficient products:
               (1)  an air conditioner the sales price of which does
  not exceed $6,000;
               (2)  a clothes washer;
               (3)  a ceiling fan;
               (4)  a dehumidifier;
               (5)  a dishwasher;
               (6)  an incandescent, [or] fluorescent, or
  light-emitting diode (LED) lightbulb;
               (7)  a programmable thermostat; and
               (8)  a refrigerator the sales price of which does not
  exceed $2,000.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act does not
  affect tax liability accruing before the effective date of this
  Act. That liability continues in effect as if this Act had not been
  enacted, and the former law is continued in effect for the
  collection of taxes due and for civil and criminal enforcement of
  the liability for those taxes.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.