By Capelo H.B. No. 2649
77R8058 MI-F
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to prohibiting the Texas Natural Resource Conservation
1-3 Commission from imposing controls more stringent than federal
1-4 controls on motor fuel content.
1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-6 SECTION 1. Section 382.019(a), Health and Safety Code, is
1-7 amended to read as follows:
1-8 (a) Except as provided by Section 382.037(g), or another
1-9 provision of this chapter, the [The] commission by rule may provide
1-10 requirements concerning the particular method to be used to control
1-11 and reduce emissions from engines used to propel land vehicles.
1-12 SECTION 2. Section 382.037(g), Health and Safety Code, is
1-13 amended to read as follows:
1-14 (g) The commission may not establish vehicle fuel content
1-15 standards to provide for vehicle fuel content for clean motor
1-16 vehicle fuels for any area of the state that are more stringent or
1-17 restrictive [other] than those standards promulgated by the United
1-18 States Environmental Protection Agency applicable to that area
1-19 unless specifically authorized by the legislature [or unless it is
1-20 demonstrated to be necessary for the attainment of federal ozone
1-21 ambient air quality standards or, following appropriate health
1-22 studies and in consultation with the Texas Department of Health, it
1-23 is determined to be necessary for the protection of public health].
1-24 SECTION 3. Section 382.039(a), Health and Safety Code, is
2-1 amended to read as follows:
2-2 (a) Except as provided by Section 382.037(g) or another
2-3 provision of this chapter, the [The] commission shall coordinate
2-4 with federal, state, and local transportation planning agencies to
2-5 develop and implement transportation programs and other measures
2-6 necessary to demonstrate and maintain attainment of national
2-7 ambient air quality standards and to protect the public from
2-8 exposure to hazardous air contaminants from motor vehicles.
2-9 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.