Bill Text: TX HB963 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Relating to the Texas natural gas vehicle grant program.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-09 - Effective on 9/1/21 [HB963 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB963-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Relating to the Texas natural gas vehicle grant program.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-09 - Effective on 9/1/21 [HB963 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB963-Engrossed.html
By: Lozano, Landgraf, Dominguez, Guillen | H.B. No. 963 |
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relating to the Texas natural gas vehicle grant program. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 394.003, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) A vehicle is a qualifying vehicle that may be considered | ||
for a grant under the program if during the eligibility period | ||
established by the commission the entity: | ||
(1) purchased, leased, or otherwise commercially | ||
financed the vehicle as an [ |
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medium-duty motor vehicle that: | ||
(A) is a new natural gas vehicle or, subject to | ||
Subsection (c), a used natural gas vehicle; | ||
(B) is certified to the appropriate current | ||
federal emissions standards as determined by the commission; and | ||
(C) replaces an on-road heavy-duty or | ||
medium-duty motor vehicle of the same weight classification and | ||
use; or | ||
(2) repowered the on-road motor vehicle to a natural | ||
gas vehicle powered by a natural gas engine that is certified to the | ||
appropriate current federal emissions standards as determined by | ||
the commission. | ||
(c) A used natural gas vehicle that is proposed to replace | ||
an on-road heavy-duty or medium-duty motor vehicle must be of model | ||
year 2017 or later, provided that the model year may not be more | ||
than six years older than the current model year at the time of the | ||
submission of the grant application. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 394.005(b), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
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 | ||
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(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 a county located in | ||
the clean transportation zone for at least the two years | ||
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. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |