77R12910 E                           
         By Hamric                                             H.B. No. 1227
         Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1227:
         By Uher                                           C.S.H.B. No. 1227
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the establishment of a pilot project by the Texas
 1-3     Natural Resource Conservation Commission to examine benefits of
 1-4     offering incentives to regulated entities to install air pollution
 1-5     monitoring devices linked to the commission's data system.
 1-6           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-7           SECTION 1.  PILOT PROJECT ON INCENTIVES FOR INSTALLING
 1-8     MONITORING DEVICES LINKED TO TEXAS NATURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION
 1-9     COMMISSION DATA SYSTEM. (a)  The Texas Natural Resource
1-10     Conservation Commission shall establish and conduct a pilot project
1-11     to determine the value and feasibility of offering to entities
1-12     regulated under Chapter 382, Health and Safety Code, incentives to
1-13     install fence-line and smokestack air pollution monitoring devices
1-14     and link the devices with the commission's data system.
1-15           (b)  The Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission may
1-16     consider offering, and shall collect data on the value and
1-17     feasibility of offering incentives including, to the extent
1-18     consistent with federal requirements:
1-19                 (1)  on-site technical assistance;
1-20                 (2)  expedited permitting;
1-21                 (3)  reduced reporting and recordkeeping requirements;
1-22     and
1-23                 (4)  reduced inspections.
1-24           SECTION 2.  REPORT TO LEGISLATURE. Not later than December 1,
 2-1     2002, the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission shall
 2-2     report the results of the project to the legislature.
 2-3           SECTION 3.  EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect September
 2-4     1, 2001.