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  H.B. No. 205
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the imposition by certain municipalities and municipal
  transit departments of the local sales and use tax in certain
  federal military installations.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 321, Tax Code, is amended
  by adding Section 321.1045 to read as follows:
         Sec. 321.1045.  IMPOSITION OF SALES AND USE TAX IN CERTAIN
  FEDERAL MILITARY INSTALLATIONS. (a) This section applies only to a
  municipality with a population of more than 500,000 that borders
  the United Mexican States.
         (b)  For purposes of the sales and use tax imposed under this
  chapter, a reference in this chapter or other law to the
  municipality as the territory in which the tax or an incident of the
  tax applies includes the area within the boundaries of a federal
  military installation that is located in the municipality's
  extraterritorial jurisdiction.
         (c)  This section does not affect:
               (1)  the boundaries of an emergency services district
  that contains territory within the boundaries of a federal military
  installation on the effective date of this section;
               (2)  the authority of that emergency services district
  to continue to impose a sales and use tax in the entire territory of
  the district; or
               (3)  the duty of that emergency services district to
  provide services in the entire territory of the district.
         SECTION 2.  Section 453.051, Transportation Code, is amended
  by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
         (c)  The jurisdiction of a transit department created by a
  municipality with a population of more than 500,000 that borders
  the United Mexican States does not include any territory within the
  boundaries of a federal military installation that is located in
  that municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect July 1, 2011, if it
  receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each
  house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.
  If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for effect on that
  date, this Act takes effect October 1, 2011.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 205 was passed by the House on April
  7, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 143, Nays 1, 1 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 205 was passed by the Senate on May
  13, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 1
  .
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor