84R12185 BEF-D
 
  By: Bettencourt S.B. No. 1782
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the status of separate legal entities for purposes of
  the sales and use tax on aircraft.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 151, Tax Code, is amended
  by adding Section 151.030 to read as follows:
         Sec. 151.030.  SEPARATE LEGAL ENTITY STATUS IN RELATION TO
  AIRCRAFT.  In relation to the application of the sales and use tax
  to an aircraft, the comptroller shall respect a sale, lease,
  rental, or other transaction between a legal entity and its owners
  or another legal entity to the same extent as a transaction between
  unrelated persons.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2015.