Tex. Tax Code § 162.368
This is the official text of Tex. Tax Code § 162.368, part of Texas’s Tax Code — governs state and local taxation.
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§ 162.368. REFUND FOR CERTAIN METROPOLITAN RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORITIES.
Official statutory text
(a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, a metropolitan rapid transit authority operating under Chapter 451, Transportation Code, that is a party to a contract governed by Section 34.008, Education Code, is entitled to a refund of taxes paid under this subchapter for compressed natural gas or liquefied natural gas delivered into the fuel supply tank of a motor vehicle used to provide services under the contract and may file a refund claim with the comptroller for the amount of those taxes.
(b) The refund claim under Subsection (a) must contain information regarding:
(1) vehicle mileage;
(2) hours of service provided;
(3) fuel consumed;
(4) the total number of student passengers per route; and
(5) the total number of non-student passengers per route.
(c) If in any month of a school year the number of non-student passengers is greater than five percent of the total passengers for any single route under a contract governed by Section 34.008, Education Code, the metropolitan rapid transit authority is not entitled to a refund of taxes paid under this subchapter for the route for that month.
(d) A metropolitan rapid transit authority that requests a refund under this section shall maintain all supporting documentation relating to the refund until the sixth anniversary of the date of the request.
(b) The refund claim under Subsection (a) must contain information regarding:
(1) vehicle mileage;
(2) hours of service provided;
(3) fuel consumed;
(4) the total number of student passengers per route; and
(5) the total number of non-student passengers per route.
(c) If in any month of a school year the number of non-student passengers is greater than five percent of the total passengers for any single route under a contract governed by Section 34.008, Education Code, the metropolitan rapid transit authority is not entitled to a refund of taxes paid under this subchapter for the route for that month.
(d) A metropolitan rapid transit authority that requests a refund under this section shall maintain all supporting documentation relating to the refund until the sixth anniversary of the date of the request.
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