88R1268 RDS-F
 
  By: Burns, et al. H.B. No. 2683
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the use of dyed diesel fuel to operate a motor vehicle
  during and for a limited period following certain disasters.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 162.235, Tax Code, is amended by adding
  Subsection (c) to read as follows:
         (c)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a person who purchases
  dyed motor fuel and furnishes to the licensed supplier or
  distributor under Section 162.206(a) a signed statement that
  includes an end user number issued by the comptroller may operate a
  motor vehicle on a public highway in this state with that dyed motor
  fuel in the fuel supply tank of the motor vehicle during a period
  beginning on the date a state of disaster is declared under Section
  418.014, Government Code, due to a fire, flood, earthquake,
  tornado, hurricane, storm, or energy emergency and ending on the
  30th day after the declaration expires or otherwise terminates, if
  the motor vehicle is operated:
               (1)  in the area designated a disaster area by the
  disaster declaration; or
               (2)  in an area other than the area described by
  Subdivision (1) if the dyed motor fuel was placed in the fuel supply
  tank of the motor vehicle in the area described by that subdivision.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to conduct that occurs on or after the effective date of this Act.
  Conduct that occurred before the effective date of this Act is
  governed by the law in effect on the date the conduct occurred, and
  the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For
  purposes of this section, conduct occurred before the effective
  date of this Act if any element of the conduct occurred before that
  date.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.