Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Tax Code § 151.337: SALES BY OR TO INDIAN TRIBES.

(a) A taxable item sold, leased, or rented to, or stored, used, or consumed by, a tribal council or a business owned by a tribal council of the Alabama-Coushatta Indian Tribe, the Tigua Indian Tribe, or the Texas Band of Kickapoo Indians is exempted from the taxes imposed by this chapter.
(b) A taxable item sold, leased, or rented by a tribal council or a business owned by a tribal council of the Alabama-Coushatta Indian Tribe, the Tigua Indian Tribe, or the Texas Band of Kickapoo Indians is exempted from the taxes imposed by this chapter if the item is:
(1) made by a member of the Indian tribe;
(2) a cultural artifact of the Indian tribe; and
(3) sold at a location within the boundaries of a reservation or of trust land held by such an Indian tribe.
(c) The storage, use, or consumption of a taxable item acquired in a transaction exempted by Subsection (b) of this section is exempted from the use tax imposed by Subchapter D of this chapter until the item is resold or subsequently transferred.
Added by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 4870, ch. 859, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1983. Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 717, Sec. 11, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.

Where this section sits in the code

TAX CODE
TITLE 2. STATE TAXATION
SUBTITLE E. SALES, EXCISE, AND USE TAXES
CHAPTER 151. LIMITED SALES, EXCISE, AND USE TAX
SUBCHAPTER H. EXEMPTIONS

(b) A taxable item sold, leased, or rented by a tribal council or a business owned by a tribal council of the Alabama-Coushatta Indian Tribe, the Tigua Indian Tribe, or the Texas Band of Kickapoo Indians is exempted from the taxes imposed by this chapter if the item is:

(1) made by a member of the Indian tribe;

(2) a cultural artifact of the Indian tribe; and

(3) sold at a location within the boundaries of a reservation or of trust land held by such an Indian tribe.

(c) The storage, use, or consumption of a taxable item acquired in a transaction exempted by Subsection (b) of this section is exempted from the use tax imposed by Subchapter D of this chapter until the item is resold or subsequently transferred.

Added by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 4870, ch. 859, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1983. Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 717, Sec. 11, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.

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