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AN ACT
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relating to the display of notice of federal and state tax rates for |
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motor fuel sold at retail. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 17, Agriculture Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 17.0515 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 17.0515. NOTICE OF MOTOR FUEL TAX RATES. (a) The |
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department shall display on each motor fuel pump from which motor |
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fuel is sold at retail a notice of the current rates of the federal |
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and state motor fuel taxes. The notice must: |
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(1) display the current rate of each tax, in cents per |
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gallon, for each type of motor fuel; |
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(2) be displayed on each face of the motor fuel pump on |
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which the price of the motor fuel sold from the pump is displayed; |
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and |
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(3) be displayed in a clear, conspicuous, and |
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prominent manner. |
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(b) The department shall include the notice required under |
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Subsection (a) with any other notice displayed or required by |
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department rule to be displayed, including a "Fuel Feedback?" |
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sticker. |
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SECTION 2. The Department of Agriculture is not required to |
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display a notice on a motor fuel pump under Section 17.0515, |
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Agriculture Code, as added by this Act, until the later of the date: |
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(1) the department is at the pump's location for an |
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inspection or other official business; or |
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(2) the department's inventory of "Fuel Feedback?" |
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stickers on hand on the effective date of this Act is used and the |
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department acquires new stickers. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2016. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 991 was passed by the House on May 8, |
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2015, by the following vote: Yeas 136, Nays 2, 2 present, not |
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voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to |
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H.B. No. 991 on May 29, 2015, and requested the appointment of a |
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conference committee to consider the differences between the two |
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houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report |
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on H.B. No. 991 on May 31, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 143, |
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Nays 0, 2 present, not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 991 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 27, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 23, Nays |
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8; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference |
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committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and |
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that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No. |
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991 on May 31, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 1, 1 |
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present, not voting |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |