Bill Text: TX HB2140 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the administration of and funding for the Texas emissions reduction plan.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-12 - No action taken in committee [HB2140 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB2140-Introduced.html
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By: Thompson of Brazoria | H.B. No. 2140 |
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relating to the administration of and funding for the Texas | ||
emissions reduction plan. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 386.104(c-1), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(c-1) For a proposed project involving a marine vessel or | ||
engine, the vessel or engine must be operated in the [ |
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waterways or bays adjacent to a nonattainment area or affected | ||
county of this state for no less than [ |
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over the lifetime of the project [ |
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to meet the cost-effectiveness requirements of Section 386.105. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 386.116(a), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) In this section, "small business" means a business owned | ||
by a person who: | ||
(1) owns and operates not more than six [ |
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vehicles, one of which is: | ||
(A) an on-road diesel; or | ||
(B) a non-road diesel; and | ||
(2) has owned the vehicle described by Subdivision | ||
(1)(A) or (B) for more than two years. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 386.252, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended by amending Subsection (a) to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 386.252. USE OF FUND AND ACCOUNT. (a) Money in the | ||
fund and account may be used only to implement and administer | ||
programs established under the plan. Subject to the reallocation | ||
of funds by the commission under Subsection (h), money from the fund | ||
and account to be used for the programs under Section 386.051(b) | ||
shall initially be allocated as follows: | ||
(1) four percent may be used for the clean school bus | ||
program under Chapter 390; | ||
(2) four [ |
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technology implementation grant program under Chapter 391, from | ||
which at least $1 million will be set aside for electricity storage | ||
projects related to renewable energy; | ||
(3) four [ |
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program under Chapter 392; | ||
(4) not more than $3 million may be used by the | ||
commission to fund a regional air monitoring program in commission | ||
Regions 3 and 4 to be implemented under the commission's oversight, | ||
including direction regarding the type, number, location, and | ||
operation of, and data validation practices for, monitors funded by | ||
the program through a regional nonprofit entity located in North | ||
Texas having representation from counties, municipalities, higher | ||
education institutions, and private sector interests across the | ||
area; | ||
(5) 10 percent may be used for the Texas natural gas | ||
vehicle grant program under Chapter 394; | ||
(6) not more than $6 million may be used for the Texas | ||
alternative fueling facilities program under Chapter 393, of which | ||
a specified amount may be used for fueling stations to provide | ||
natural gas fuel, except that money may not be allocated for the | ||
Texas alternative fueling facilities program for the state fiscal | ||
year ending August 31, 2019; | ||
(7) not more than $750,000 may be used each year to | ||
support research related to air quality as provided by Chapter 387; | ||
(8) not more than $200,000 may be used for a health | ||
effects study; | ||
(9) at least $6 million but not more than $16 million | ||
may be used by the commission for administrative costs, including | ||
all direct and indirect costs for administering the plan, costs for | ||
conducting outreach and education activities, and costs | ||
attributable to the review or approval of applications for | ||
marketable emissions reduction credits; | ||
(10) six percent may be used by the commission for the | ||
seaport and rail yard areas emissions reduction program established | ||
under Subchapter D-1; | ||
(11) five percent may be used for the light-duty motor | ||
vehicle purchase or lease incentive program established under | ||
Subchapter D; | ||
(12) not more than $216,000 may be used by the | ||
commission to contract with the Energy Systems Laboratory at the | ||
Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station annually for the | ||
development and annual computation of creditable statewide | ||
emissions reductions obtained through wind and other renewable | ||
energy resources for the state implementation plan; | ||
(13) not more than $500,000 may be used for studies of | ||
or pilot programs for incentives for port authorities located in | ||
nonattainment areas or affected counties to encourage cargo | ||
movement that reduces emissions of nitrogen oxides and particulate | ||
matter; and | ||
(14) the balance is to be used by the commission for | ||
the diesel emissions reduction incentive program under Subchapter C | ||
as determined by the commission. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 151.0515(b), Tax Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(b) In each county in this state, a surcharge is imposed on | ||
the retail sale, lease, or rental of new or used equipment in an | ||
amount equal to 1 [ |
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rental amount. | ||
SECTION 5. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | ||
a Texas emissions reduction plan grant awarded on or after the | ||
effective date of this Act. A grant awarded before the effective | ||
date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the | ||
award was made, and the former law is continued in effect for that | ||
purpose. | ||
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |