Bill Text: TX HB4083 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the light-duty motor vehicle purchase or lease incentive program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-24 - Referred to Environmental Regulation [HB4083 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB4083-Introduced.html
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By: Rodriguez of Travis | H.B. No. 4083 |
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relating to the light-duty motor vehicle purchase or lease | ||
incentive program. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 386.152(b) and (c), Health and Safety | ||
Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) The program shall authorize statewide incentives for | ||
the purchase or lease in this state or from a vendor or lessor | ||
located in another state of new light-duty motor vehicles powered | ||
by compressed natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, or electric | ||
drives for a purchaser or lessee who agrees to register and operate | ||
the vehicle in this state for a minimum period of time to be | ||
established by the commission. | ||
(c) Only one incentive will be provided for each new | ||
light-duty motor vehicle. A motor vehicle is not eligible for an | ||
incentive under this subchapter if the vehicle has been used to | ||
qualify for a similar incentive in another jurisdiction. The | ||
incentive shall be provided to the lessee and not to the purchaser | ||
if the motor vehicle is purchased for the purpose of leasing the | ||
vehicle to another person. | ||
SECTION 2. Sections 386.153(b-1) and (d), Health and Safety | ||
Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(b-1) The incentive under Subsection (a) is limited to 2,000 | ||
vehicles for the state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2015 | ||
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(d) The incentive under Subsection (c) is limited to 2,000 | ||
vehicles for the state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2015 | ||
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SECTION 3. Section 386.155, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 386.155. MANUFACTURER'S REPORT. At the beginning of | ||
but not later than July 1 of each year preceding the vehicle model | ||
year, a manufacturer of motor vehicles shall provide to the | ||
commission a list of the new vehicle models that the manufacturer | ||
intends to sell [ |
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incentive emissions standards established by the schedules set out | ||
under Section 386.153. The manufacturer may supplement the list | ||
provided to the commission under this section as necessary to | ||
include additional new vehicle models the manufacturer intends to | ||
sell [ |
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SECTION 4. Section 386.160(c), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(c) In addition to other forms developed and published under | ||
this section, the commission shall develop and publish a | ||
verification form by which, with information provided by the dealer | ||
or leasing agent, the commission can verify the sale of a vehicle | ||
covered by this subchapter. The verification form shall include at | ||
least the name of the purchaser, the vehicle identification number | ||
of the vehicle involved, the date of the purchase, and the name of | ||
the new motor dealer or leasing agent involved in the transaction. | ||
At the time of sale or lease in this state of a vehicle eligible for | ||
an incentive under this subchapter, a [ |
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in this state shall complete the verification form supplied to the | ||
dealer by the commission. The purchaser or lessee shall include the | ||
completed verification form as part of the purchaser's application | ||
for an incentive. A [ |
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of the completed verification form for at least two years from the | ||
date of the transaction. | ||
SECTION 5. Section 386.162, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 386.162. EXPIRATION. This subchapter expires August | ||
31, 2017 [ |
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SECTION 6. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the | ||
legislative session. |