By Puente                                             H.B. No. 3189
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the disposition and use of air emission fees.
 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-4           SECTION 1.  Section 382.0622 is amended by adding Subsection
 1-5     (c) as follows:
 1-6           (c)  The commission shall request the appropriation of
 1-7     sufficient money to safeguard the air resources of the state,
 1-8     [including payments to the Public Safety Commission for incidental
 1-9     costs of administering the vehicle emissions inspection and
1-10     maintenance program] except that after the date of delegation of
1-11     the state's permitting program under Title V of the federal Clean
1-12     Air Act (42 U.S.C. Sections 7661 et seq.), fees collected and
1-13     appropriated under Section 382.0621(a) [may] shall be [appropriated
1-14     only] at least sufficient to cover costs of developing and
1-15     administering the federal Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. Sections 7651 et
1-16     seq. and 7661 seq.).  Any fees collected and appropriated under
1-17     Section 382.621(a) in excess of the amounts necessary to cover
1-18     costs specified in Section 382.621(b) shall be used to safeguard
1-19     the air resources of this state as necessary to address potential
1-20     or actual environmental impacts reasonably related to the
1-21     activities of the fee payers.
1-22           SECTION 2.  Revenue dedicated to a particular purpose under
1-23     law in effect on August 31, 2001 that has not been expended by that
 2-1     date may be used for the purposes authorized under this Act.
 2-2           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.