85R5847 BEF-D
 
  By: Ashby, Raney, King of Hemphill, et al. H.B. No. 897
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the exemption from the taxes imposed on the sale, use,
  or rental of a motor vehicle for certain motor vehicles used for
  religious purposes.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 152.001(12), Tax Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
               (12)  "Motor vehicle used for religious purposes" means
  a motor vehicle that is:
                     (A)  a trailer or is designed to carry more than
  six passengers;
                     (B)  sold to, rented to, or used by a church or
  religious society;
                     (C)  used primarily by a church or religious
  society [for the purpose of providing transportation to and from a
  church or religious service or meeting]; and
                     (D)  not registered as a passenger vehicle and not
  used primarily for the personal or official needs or duties of a
  minister.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act does not
  affect tax liability accruing before the effective date of this
  Act. That liability continues in effect as if this Act had not been
  enacted, and the former law is continued in effect for the
  collection of taxes due and for civil and criminal enforcement of
  the liability for those taxes.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.