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  H.B. No. 3578
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the payment methods for cigarette and tobacco products
  permit fees.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 154.1135(b), Tax Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (b)  The payment must be made in cash or by money order, [or]
  check, or credit card.
         SECTION 2.  Section 155.050(b), Tax Code, is amended to read
  as follows:
         (b)  The payment must be made in cash or by money order, [or]
  check, or credit card.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 3578 was passed by the House on May 6,
  2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 142, Nays 0, 2 present, not
  voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to
  H.B. No. 3578 on May 28, 2021, and requested the appointment of a
  conference committee to consider the differences between the two
  houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report
  on H.B. No. 3578 on May 30, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 143,
  Nays 0, 2 present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 3578 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 25, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays
  0; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference
  committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and
  that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No.
  3578 on May 30, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor