Tex. Tax Code § 162.235
This is the official text of Tex. Tax Code § 162.235, part of Texas’s Tax Code — governs state and local taxation.
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§ 162.235. USE OF DYED FUEL PROHIBITED.
Official statutory text
(a) A person may not operate a motor vehicle on a public highway in this state with taxable motor fuel that contains dye in the fuel supply tank of the motor vehicle.
(b) This section does not apply to a use of dyed fuel that is lawful under the Internal Revenue Code and implementing regulations, including use in state and local government vehicles or buses, unless otherwise prohibited by this chapter.
(b) This section does not apply to a use of dyed fuel that is lawful under the Internal Revenue Code and implementing regulations, including use in state and local government vehicles or buses, unless otherwise prohibited by this chapter.
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