Bill Text: TX HB1346 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the eligibility requirements for the diesel emissions reduction incentive program.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-10 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB1346 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1346-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 1346 | ||
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| relating to the eligibility requirements for the diesel emissions | ||
| reduction incentive program. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 386.104, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
| amended by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsections (c-1) and | ||
| (c-2) to read as follows: | ||
| (c) Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, for | ||
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| than a project involving a marine vessel or engine, not less than 75 | ||
| percent of vehicle miles traveled or hours of operation projected | ||
| for the five years immediately following the award of a grant must | ||
| be projected to take place in a nonattainment area or affected | ||
| county of this state. The commission may set the minimum percentage | ||
| of vehicle miles traveled or hours of operation required to take | ||
| place in a nonattainment area or affected county at a percentage and | ||
| for a period that is different from the percentage and period | ||
| specified by this subsection, provided that the commission may not | ||
| set the minimum percentage at a level that is less than 55 percent. | ||
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| roadways, or portions of a highway or roadway, designated by the | ||
| commission and located outside a nonattainment area or affected | ||
| county to count towards the percentage of use requirement in this | ||
| subsection. | ||
| (c-1) For a proposed project involving a marine vessel or | ||
| engine, the vessel or engine must be operated in the intercoastal | ||
| waterways or bays adjacent to a nonattainment area or affected | ||
| county of this state for a sufficient amount of time over the | ||
| lifetime of the project, as determined by the commission, to meet | ||
| the cost-effectiveness requirements of Section 386.105. | ||
| (c-2) For a proposed project involving non-road equipment | ||
| used for natural gas recovery purposes, the equipment must be | ||
| operated in a nonattainment area or affected county for a | ||
| sufficient amount of use over the lifetime of the project, as | ||
| determined by the commission, to meet the cost-effectiveness | ||
| requirements of Section 386.105. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 1346 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 24, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 4, 1 present, not | ||
| voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
| No. 1346 on May 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 121, Nays 21, | ||
| 2 present, not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 1346 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
| amendments, on May 15, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays | ||
| 1. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: __________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| __________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
