Bill Text: TX HB4083 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the light-duty motor vehicle purchase or lease incentive program.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-24 - Referred to Environmental Regulation [HB4083 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB4083-Introduced.html

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84R11733 JAM-D
By: Rodriguez of Travis H.B. No. 4083

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
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
[2013].
(d) The incentive under Subsection (c) is limited to 2,000
vehicles for the state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2015
[2013].
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 [in this state] during that model year that meet the
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 [in this state] during the model year.
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 [the] dealer or leasing agent
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 [The] dealer in this state shall maintain a copy
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 [2015].
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.