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SB 398: Agricultural Tax Exemptions

GENERAL BILL by Stargel ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Soto

Agricultural Tax Exemptions; Redefining the terms “livestock” and “agricultural production”; revising the sales and use tax exemption for certain farm equipment to exempt from the tax irrigation equipment, repairs of farm equipment and irrigation equipment, and certain trailers, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2015
Last Action: 5/1/2015 Senate - Died in Appropriations
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Agriculture (AG)
  2. Finance and Tax (FT)
  3. Appropriations (AP)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    1/20/2015 Senate • Filed
    1/28/2015 Senate • Referred to Agriculture; Finance and Tax; Appropriations -SJ 59
    2/9/2015 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Agriculture, 02/16/15, 4:00 pm, 301 Senate Office Building
    2/16/2015 Senate • Favorable by Agriculture; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 -SJ 158
    2/17/2015 Senate • Now in Finance and Tax -SJ 158
    3/3/2015 Senate • Introduced -SJ 59
    3/11/2015 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Finance and Tax, 03/16/15, 2:00 pm, 401 Senate Office Building
    3/16/2015 Senate • Favorable by Finance and Tax; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -SJ 190
    3/17/2015 Senate • Now in Appropriations -SJ 190
    5/1/2015 Senate • Died in Appropriations

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  • SB 398, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/20/2015 at 9:01 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Agriculture (Pre-Meeting) 2/13/2015 (pdf)
    Agriculture (Post-Meeting) 2/17/2015 (pdf)
    Finance and Tax (Pre-Meeting) 3/13/2015 (pdf)
    Finance and Tax (Post-Meeting) 3/16/2015 (pdf)

    Related Bills (2)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 249 Agricultural Tax Exemptions Raburn, Albritton Identical Last Action: 4/28/2015 H Died in Finance and Tax Committee
    Location: In committee/council (FTC)
    H 7141 Taxation Finance and Tax Committee Compare Last Action: 5/1/2015 S Died in Appropriations
    Location: In committee/council (AP)

    Committee Votes (2)

    Date Committee Result
    2/16/2015 4:00 PM Agriculture 5 Yeas - 0 Nays
    3/16/2015 2:00 PM Finance and Tax 7 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (2)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    212.02 Definitions. Page 1 (pdf)
    212.08 Sales, rental, use, consumption, distribution, and storage tax; specified exemptions. Page 2 (pdf)

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