Bill Text: TX HB2222 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to certain eligibility requirements for grants under the Texas natural gas vehicle grant program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-30 - Left pending in committee [HB2222 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB2222-Introduced.html
88R8124 JRR-D | ||
By: Lozano | H.B. No. 2222 |
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relating to certain eligibility requirements for grants under the | ||
Texas natural gas vehicle grant program. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 394.005(b) and (c), Health and Safety | ||
Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) To be eligible for a grant under the program: | ||
(1) the use of the qualifying vehicle must be | ||
projected to result in a reduction in emissions of nitrogen oxides | ||
of at least 25 percent as compared to the motor vehicle or engine | ||
being replaced, based on: | ||
(A) the baseline emission level set by the | ||
commission under Subsection (g); and | ||
(B) the certified emission rate of the qualifying | ||
vehicle; and | ||
(2) the qualifying vehicle must: | ||
(A) replace a heavy-duty or medium-duty motor | ||
vehicle that: | ||
(i) is an on-road vehicle that has been | ||
owned, leased, or otherwise commercially financed and registered | ||
and operated by the applicant in Texas for at least the two years | ||
immediately preceding the submission of a grant application; | ||
(ii) satisfies any minimum average annual | ||
mileage or fuel usage requirements established by the commission; | ||
(iii) satisfies any minimum percentage of | ||
annual usage requirements established by the commission; and | ||
(iv) is in operating condition and has at | ||
least two years of remaining useful life, as determined in | ||
accordance with criteria established by the commission; | ||
(B) replace a heavy-duty or medium-duty motor | ||
vehicle that: | ||
(i) is owned by the applicant; | ||
(ii) is an on-road vehicle that has been: | ||
(a) owned, leased, or otherwise | ||
commercially financed and operated in Texas as a fleet vehicle for | ||
at least the two years immediately preceding the submission of a | ||
grant application; and | ||
(b) registered in Texas [ |
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immediately preceding the submission of a grant application; and | ||
(iii) otherwise satisfies the mileage, | ||
usage, and useful life requirements established under Paragraph (A) | ||
as determined by documentation associated with the vehicle; or | ||
(C) be a heavy-duty or medium-duty motor vehicle | ||
repowered with a natural gas engine that: | ||
(i) is installed in an on-road vehicle that | ||
has been owned, leased, or otherwise commercially financed and | ||
registered and operated by the applicant in Texas for at least the | ||
two years immediately preceding the submission of a grant | ||
application; | ||
(ii) satisfies any minimum average annual | ||
mileage or fuel usage requirements established by the commission; | ||
(iii) satisfies any minimum percentage of | ||
annual usage requirements established by the commission; and | ||
(iv) is installed in an on-road vehicle | ||
that, at the time of the vehicle's repowering, was in operating | ||
condition and had at least two years of remaining useful life, as | ||
determined in accordance with criteria established by the | ||
commission. | ||
(c) As a condition of receiving a grant, the qualifying | ||
vehicle must be continuously owned, leased, or otherwise | ||
commercially financed and registered and operated in the state by | ||
the grant recipient until the earlier of the fourth anniversary of | ||
the activity start date established by the commission or the date | ||
the vehicle has been in operation for 400,000 miles after the | ||
activity start date established by the commission. [ |
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SECTION 2. Section 394.001(1-a), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
repealed. | ||
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to a grant awarded on or after the effective date of this Act. A | ||
grant awarded before the effective date of this Act is governed by | ||
the law in effect on the date the award was made, and the former law | ||
is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |