Bill Text: TX SB768 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the Texas emissions reduction plan, including the eligibility for grants for natural gas fueling stations under the Texas natural gas vehicle grant program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-22 - Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development [SB768 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB768-Introduced.html
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By: Zaffirini | S.B. No. 768 |
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relating to the Texas emissions reduction plan, including the | ||
eligibility for grants for natural gas fueling stations under the | ||
Texas natural gas vehicle grant program. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 386.002, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 386.002. EXPIRATION. This chapter expires on the last | ||
day of the state fiscal biennium during which the commission | ||
publishes in the Texas Register certification that, with respect to | ||
each national ambient air quality standard for ozone under 40 | ||
C.F.R. Section 81.344, the United States Environmental Protection | ||
Agency has, for each designated area under that section: | ||
(1) designated the area as attainment or | ||
unclassifiable; or | ||
(2) approved a redesignation substitute making a | ||
finding of attainment for the area [ |
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SECTION 2. Section 390.006, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 390.006. EXPIRATION. This chapter expires on the last | ||
day of the state fiscal biennium during which the commission | ||
publishes in the Texas Register certification that, with respect to | ||
each national ambient air quality standard for ozone under 40 | ||
C.F.R. Section 81.344, the United States Environmental Protection | ||
Agency has, for each designated area under that section: | ||
(1) designated the area as attainment or | ||
unclassifiable; or | ||
(2) approved a redesignation substitute making a | ||
finding of attainment for the area [ |
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SECTION 3. Section 391.304, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 391.304. EXPIRATION. This chapter expires on the last | ||
day of the state fiscal biennium during which the commission | ||
publishes in the Texas Register certification that, with respect to | ||
each national ambient air quality standard for ozone under 40 | ||
C.F.R. Section 81.344, the United States Environmental Protection | ||
Agency has, for each designated area under that section: | ||
(1) designated the area as attainment or | ||
unclassifiable; or | ||
(2) approved a redesignation substitute making a | ||
finding of attainment for the area [ |
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SECTION 4. Section 392.008, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 392.008. EXPIRATION. This chapter expires on the last | ||
day of the state fiscal biennium during which the commission | ||
publishes in the Texas Register certification that, with respect to | ||
each national ambient air quality standard for ozone under 40 | ||
C.F.R. Section 81.344, the United States Environmental Protection | ||
Agency has, for each designated area under that section: | ||
(1) designated the area as attainment or | ||
unclassifiable; or | ||
(2) approved a redesignation substitute making a | ||
finding of attainment for the area [ |
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SECTION 5. Section 393.007, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 393.007. EXPIRATION. This chapter expires on the last | ||
day of the state fiscal biennium during which the commission | ||
publishes in the Texas Register certification that, with respect to | ||
each national ambient air quality standard for ozone under 40 | ||
C.F.R. Section 81.344, the United States Environmental Protection | ||
Agency has, for each designated area under that section: | ||
(1) designated the area as attainment or | ||
unclassifiable; or | ||
(2) approved a redesignation substitute making a | ||
finding of attainment for the area [ |
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SECTION 6. Section 394.005(c), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(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 date of reimbursement of the grant-funded expenses or until the | ||
date the vehicle has been in operation for 400,000 miles after the | ||
date of reimbursement. Not less than 75 percent of the annual use | ||
of the qualifying vehicle, either mileage or fuel use as determined | ||
by the commission, must occur in: | ||
(1) the counties any part of which are included in the | ||
areas [ |
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(2) counties designated as nonattainment areas within | ||
the meaning of Section 107(d) of the federal Clean Air Act (42 | ||
U.S.C. Section 7407). | ||
SECTION 7. The heading to Section 394.010, Health and | ||
Safety Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 394.010. CLEAN TRANSPORTATION TRIANGLES [ |
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SECTION 8. Section 394.010, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended by amending Subsections (a) and (d) and adding Subsections | ||
(a-1) and (a-2) to read as follows: | ||
(a) In this section, "affected county" has the meaning | ||
assigned by Section 386.001. | ||
(a-1) To ensure that natural gas vehicles purchased, | ||
leased, or otherwise commercially financed or repowered under the | ||
program have access to fuel, and to build the foundation for a | ||
self-sustaining market for natural gas vehicles in Texas, the | ||
commission shall award grants to support the development of a | ||
network of natural gas vehicle fueling stations: | ||
(1) along the interstate highways connecting Houston, | ||
San Antonio, Dallas, and Fort Worth; | ||
(2) along the interstate highways connecting San | ||
Antonio to Corpus Christi and Laredo and the highways connecting | ||
Corpus Christi and Laredo that are in the state highway system; [ |
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and | ||
(3) in nonattainment areas and affected counties of | ||
the state. | ||
(a-2) In awarding the grants, the commission shall provide | ||
for: | ||
(1) strategically placed natural gas vehicle fueling | ||
stations: | ||
(A) in and between the Houston, San Antonio, and | ||
Dallas-Fort Worth areas to enable a natural gas vehicle to travel in | ||
that triangular area relying solely on natural gas fuel; | ||
(B) in and between the Corpus Christi, Laredo, | ||
and San Antonio areas to enable a natural gas vehicle to travel in | ||
that triangular area relying solely on natural gas fuel; [ |
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(C) in nonattainment areas and affected counties | ||
of the state, to enable a natural gas vehicle to travel in those | ||
areas relying solely on natural gas fuel; | ||
(2) the grants to be dispersed through a competitive | ||
bidding process to offset a portion of the cost of installation of | ||
the natural gas dispensing equipment; | ||
(3) contracts that require the recipient stations to | ||
meet operational, maintenance, and reporting requirements as | ||
specified by the commission; and | ||
(4) a listing, to be maintained by the commission and | ||
made available to the public online, of all natural gas vehicle | ||
fueling stations that have received grant funding, including | ||
location and hours of operation. | ||
(d) Stations funded by grants under this section must be | ||
publicly accessible. In awarding grants for stations under this | ||
section, the [ |
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(1) stations providing both liquefied natural gas and | ||
compressed natural gas at a single location; | ||
(2) stations located not more than one mile from an | ||
interstate highway [ |
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(3) stations located in the triangular areas described | ||
by Subsections (a-2)(1)(A) and (B) [ |
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SECTION 9. Section 394.012, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 394.012. EXPIRATION. This chapter expires on the last | ||
day of the state fiscal biennium during which the commission | ||
publishes in the Texas Register certification that, with respect to | ||
each national ambient air quality standard for ozone under 40 | ||
C.F.R. Section 81.344, the United States Environmental Protection | ||
Agency has, for each designated area under that section: | ||
(1) designated the area as attainment or | ||
unclassifiable; or | ||
(2) approved a redesignation substitute making a | ||
finding of attainment for the area [ |
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SECTION 10. This Act takes effect August 30, 2017, but only | ||
if S.B. 26, or similar legislation of the 85th Legislature, Regular | ||
Session, 2017, that changes the expiration dates for the Texas | ||
emissions reduction plan and certain programs funded under that | ||
plan and transfers provisions governing grants for natural gas | ||
vehicle fueling facilities along interstate highways connecting | ||
Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, and Fort Worth and in nonattainment | ||
areas from the Texas natural gas vehicle grant program under | ||
Chapter 394, Health and Safety Code, to the Texas alternative | ||
fueling facility program under Chapter 393, Health and Safety Code, | ||
does not become law. If such a bill becomes law, this Act has no | ||
effect. |