By: Bell of Montgomery (Senate Sponsor - Paxton) | H.B. No. 1526 | |
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2019; | ||
May 7, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Property | ||
Tax; May 17, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote: | ||
Yeas 4, Nays 0; May 17, 2019, sent to printer.) | ||
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relating to the treatment of a nursery stock weather protection | ||
unit as an implement of husbandry for ad valorem tax purposes. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 11.161, Tax Code, is amended to read as | ||
follows: | ||
Sec. 11.161. IMPLEMENTS OF HUSBANDRY. (a) Machinery and | ||
equipment items that are used in the production of farm or ranch | ||
products or of timber, regardless of their primary design, are | ||
considered to be implements of husbandry and are exempt from ad | ||
valorem taxation. | ||
(b) For purposes of Subsection (a), a nursery stock weather | ||
protection unit, as defined by Section 71.041, Agriculture Code, is | ||
considered to be an implement of husbandry. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act applies only to an ad valorem tax year | ||
that begins on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2020. | ||
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