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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to funding for the Texas emissions reduction plan. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 501.138, Transportation Code, is amended |
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by amending Subsections (b-1), (b-2), and (b-3) and adding |
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Subsection (b-4) to read as follows: |
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(b-1) Except as provided by Subsection (b-4), fees [Fees] |
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collected under Subsection (b) to be sent to the comptroller shall |
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be deposited to the credit of the Texas [Mobility Fund, except that |
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$5 of each fee imposed under Subsection (a)(1) and deposited on or |
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after September 1, 2008, and before September 1, 2015, shall be |
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deposited to the credit of the Texas] emissions reduction plan |
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fund. |
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(b-2) The comptroller shall establish a record of the amount |
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of the fees deposited to the credit of the Texas emissions reduction |
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plan fund [Mobility Fund] under Subsection (b-1). On or before the |
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fifth workday of each month, the Texas Department of Transportation |
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shall remit to the comptroller for deposit to the credit of the |
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Texas Mobility Fund [emissions reduction plan fund] an amount of |
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money equal to the amount of the fees deposited by the comptroller |
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to the credit of the Texas emissions reduction plan fund [Mobility |
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Fund] under Subsection (b-1) in the preceding month. The Texas |
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Department of Transportation shall use for remittance to the |
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comptroller as required by this subsection money in the state |
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highway fund that is not required to be used for a purpose specified |
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by Section 7-a, Article VIII, Texas Constitution, and may not use |
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for that remittance money received by this state under the |
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congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program |
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established under 23 U.S.C. Section 149. |
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(b-3) This subsection and Subsections (b-1) and |
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[Subsection] (b-2) expire on the last day of the state fiscal |
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biennium during which the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality |
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publishes in the Texas Register the notice required by Section |
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382.037, Health and Safety Code. |
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(b-4) Fees collected under Subsection (b) to be sent to the |
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comptroller shall be deposited to the credit of the Texas Mobility |
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Fund if the fees are collected on or after the last day of the state |
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fiscal biennium during which the Texas Commission on Environmental |
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Quality publishes in the Texas Register the notice required by |
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Section 382.037, Health and Safety Code. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section |
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501.138, Transportation Code, applies only to a fee collected on or |
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after the effective date of this Act. A fee collected before the |
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effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when the |
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fee was collected, and the former law is continued in effect for |
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that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |