Tex. Tax Code § 152.023
This is the official text of Tex. Tax Code § 152.023, part of Texas’s Tax Code — governs state and local taxation.
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§ 152.023. TAX ON MOTOR VEHICLE BROUGHT INTO STATE BY NEW TEXAS RESIDENT.
Official statutory text
(a) A use tax is imposed on a new resident of this state who brings into this state a motor vehicle:
(1) that has been registered previously in the new resident's name in any other state or foreign country; or
(2) that the person leased in another state or foreign country.
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (b-1), the tax is $90 for each vehicle.
(b-1) The tax on a motor vehicle eligible to be issued exhibition vehicle specialty license plates under Section 504.502, Transportation Code, is equal to the lesser of $90 or 6.25 percent of the total consideration.
(c) The tax imposed by this section is in lieu of the tax imposed by Section 152.022.
(1) that has been registered previously in the new resident's name in any other state or foreign country; or
(2) that the person leased in another state or foreign country.
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (b-1), the tax is $90 for each vehicle.
(b-1) The tax on a motor vehicle eligible to be issued exhibition vehicle specialty license plates under Section 504.502, Transportation Code, is equal to the lesser of $90 or 6.25 percent of the total consideration.
(c) The tax imposed by this section is in lieu of the tax imposed by Section 152.022.
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