1. (a) An officer or enlisted service member in the Texas military forces who complies with the service member's military duties as prescribed by this chapter is exempt from payment of a road or street tax.

2. (b) To obtain the exemption, a service member must file in the county tax assessor-collector's office an affidavit, sworn to before a notary public or other person authorized to administer oaths in this state, in the following form:

   "I, __________, do hereby solemnly swear or affirm that I am a service member in good standing of the Texas military forces of the State of Texas.

   Subscribed to and sworn to before me this ______ day of __________, ______

   SEAL

   ________________________

   ________________________

   Notary Public in and for

   __________ County, Texas"

3. (c) The county tax assessor-collector may rely on a letter issued by the commander of the service member's unit for purposes of providing the exemption under this section.

Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1217 (S.B. 1536), Sec. 1.01, eff. September 1, 2013.