{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-505.253","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 505.253","heading":"USE TAX.","body":"(a) If the authorizing municipality adopts the tax under Section 505.251, an excise tax is imposed on the use, storage, or other consumption within the municipality of tangible personal property purchased, leased, or rented from a retailer during the period that the tax is effective within the municipality.\n(b) The rate of the excise tax is the same as the rate of the sales tax portion of the sales and use tax and is applied to the sale price of the tangible personal property.\nAdded by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 3.01, eff. April 1, 2009.","path":["LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 12. PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT","SUBTITLE C1. ADDITIONAL PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT PROVISIONS APPLYING TO MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT","CHAPTER 505. TYPE B CORPORATIONS","SUBCHAPTER F. SALES AND USE TAX"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.505.htm#505.253","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"04f3fb4e5fee73585eda26e97aa576d7f7d1f9556526dfafb5fb520f2cc35415","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-505.252","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-505.254"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}