Tex. Tax Code § 151.355 · Subchapter H. EXEMPTIONS
WATER-RELATED EXEMPTIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The following are exempted from taxes imposed by this chapter:
(1) rainwater harvesting equipment or supplies, water recycling and reuse equipment or supplies, or other equipment, services, or supplies used solely to reduce or eliminate water use;
(2) equipment, services, or supplies used solely for desalination of surface water or groundwater;
(3) equipment, services, or supplies used solely for brush control designed to enhance the availability of water;
(4) equipment, services, or supplies used solely for precipitation enhancement;
(5) equipment, services, or supplies used solely to construct or operate a water or wastewater system certified by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality as a regional system;
(6) equipment, services, or supplies used solely to construct or operate a water supply or wastewater system by a private entity as a public-private partnership as certified by the political subdivision that is a party to the project; and
(7) tangible personal property specifically used to process, reuse, or recycle wastewater that will be used in fracturing work performed at an oil or gas well.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 966, Sec. 4.25, eff. Sept. 1, 2001, and Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1234, Sec. 39. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 209, Sec. 24, eff. Oct. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1352 (H.B. 4), Sec. 14, eff. June 15, 2007.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TX/htm/TX.151.htm
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- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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