| |
| |
|
|
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
|
|
|
AN ACT
|
|
|
relating to prohibiting the Texas Department of Transportation from |
|
|
participating in or using state money for certain electric vehicle |
|
|
infrastructure programs or plans. |
|
|
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
|
|
SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 201, Transportation Code, |
|
|
is amended by adding Section 201.625 to read as follows: |
|
|
Sec. 201.625. PARTICIPATION IN AND USE OF STATE MONEY FOR |
|
|
CERTAIN ELECTRIC VEHICLE INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMS OR PLANS |
|
|
PROHIBITED. The department may not: |
|
|
(1) accept funding under or otherwise participate in |
|
|
the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Formula Program |
|
|
established by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Pub. L. |
|
|
No. 117-58); or |
|
|
(2) use state money to fund a project under or |
|
|
otherwise implement the Texas Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Plan |
|
|
or any other statewide plan relating to electric vehicle |
|
|
infrastructure. |
|
|
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
|
|
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
|
|
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
|
|
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
|
|
Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |