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House Bill 3745 |
House Author: Bell, Cecil et al. |
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Effective: See below |
Senate Sponsor: Birdwell et al. |
House Bill 3745 amends the Health and Safety Code to convert the Texas emissions reduction plan fund to the Texas emissions reduction plan account and to establish a new Texas emissions reduction plan fund as a trust fund outside the state treasury to be held by the comptroller of public accounts and administered by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) as trustee. The bill authorizes money in the new fund to be spent without legislative appropriation and requires TCEQ, not later than the 30th day after the last day of each state fiscal biennium, to transfer the unencumbered balance of the fund remaining on the last day of the state fiscal biennium to the credit of the account. The bill revises statutory provisions relating to the use of the fund and account. These provisions of the bill take effect September 1, 2021.
House Bill 3745 amends the Tax Code and Transportation Code to change the expiration date of statutory provisions providing for Texas emissions reduction plan surcharges, a Texas emissions reduction plan fee, and the remittance of certain money relating to vehicle title fees to the comptroller for deposit to the credit of the Texas emissions reduction plan fund. The bill repeals provisions which continue certain programs under the Texas emissions reduction plan and the funding for those programs until a certain day.
Except as otherwise provided, House Bill 3745 takes effect August 30, 2019.