Bill Text: TX HB1346 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to the eligibility requirements for the diesel emissions reduction incentive program.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-10 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB1346 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1346-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to the eligibility requirements for the diesel emissions reduction incentive program.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-10 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB1346 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1346-Comm_Sub.html
By: Thompson of Brazoria, Zwiener | H.B. No. 1346 | |
(Senate Sponsor - Powell) | ||
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 24, 2019; | ||
April 29, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on | ||
Natural Resources & Economic Development; May 9, 2019, reported | ||
adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following | ||
vote: Yeas 11, Nays 0; May 9, 2019, sent to printer.) | ||
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 1346 | By: Powell |
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relating to the eligibility requirements for the diesel emissions | ||
reduction incentive program. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 386.104, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsections (c-1) and | ||
(c-2) to read as follows: | ||
(c) Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, for | ||
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than a project involving a marine vessel or engine, not less than 75 | ||
percent of vehicle miles traveled or hours of operation projected | ||
for the five years immediately following the award of a grant must | ||
be projected to take place in a nonattainment area or affected | ||
county of this state. The commission may set the minimum percentage | ||
of vehicle miles traveled or hours of operation required to take | ||
place in a nonattainment area or affected county at a percentage and | ||
for a period that is different from the percentage and period | ||
specified by this subsection, provided that the commission may not | ||
set the minimum percentage at a level that is less than 55 percent. | ||
The commission may [ |
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roadways, or portions of a highway or roadway, designated by the | ||
commission and located outside a nonattainment area or affected | ||
county to count towards the percentage of use requirement in this | ||
subsection. | ||
(c-1) For a proposed project involving a marine vessel or | ||
engine, the vessel or engine must be operated in the intercoastal | ||
waterways or bays adjacent to a nonattainment area or affected | ||
county of this state for a sufficient amount of time over the | ||
lifetime of the project, as determined by the commission, to meet | ||
the cost-effectiveness requirements of Section 386.105. | ||
(c-2) For a proposed project involving non-road equipment | ||
used for natural gas recovery purposes, the equipment must be | ||
operated in a nonattainment area or affected county for a | ||
sufficient amount of use over the lifetime of the project, as | ||
determined by the commission, to meet the cost-effectiveness | ||
requirements of Section 386.105. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
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