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                                                                  H.B. No. 809




AN ACT

relating to excepting certain motor vehicles owned by an individual 
and used for the production of income from required rendition for ad 
valorem tax purposes.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 22.01, Tax Code, is amended by adding 
Subsection (k) to read as follows:
	(k)  Notwithstanding Subsections (a) and (b), an individual 
who owns and is the primary operator of one or more passenger cars 
or light trucks in the course of the individual's occupation or 
profession and also operates those vehicles for personal activities 
that do not involve the production of income is not required to 
render the vehicles for taxation.  In this subsection, "passenger 
car" and "light truck" have the meanings assigned by Section 
502.001, Transportation Code.
	SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only 
to the rendition of property for an ad valorem tax year that begins 
on or after January 1, 2006.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect January 1, 2006.                             




______________________________              ______________________________
 
   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.B. No. 809 was passed by the House on April 
20, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 136, Nays 0, 1 present, not 
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. 
No. 809 on May 27, 2005, by a non-record vote.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	
I certify that H.B. No. 809 was passed by the Senate, with 
amendments, on May 25, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 
0.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                      Secretary of the Senate   



APPROVED: __________________                                                
 
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              Governor