By Lindsay S.B. No. 1026
77R8639 T
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 amending 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 under
1-13 Section 382.0621(a) [may] shall be appropriated [only] at least
1-14 sufficient to cover costs of developing and administering the
1-15 federal permit program under Titles IV and V of the federal Clean
1-16 Air Act (42 U.S.C. Sections 7651 et seq. and 7661 et seq.) Any
1-17 fees collected under Section 382.0621(a) in excess of the amounts
1-18 necessary to cover costs specified in Section 382.0621(b) shall be
1-19 appropriated and used to safeguard the air resources of this state
1-20 as necessary to address potential or actual environmental impacts
1-21 reasonably related to the 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
1-24 date may be used for the purposes authorized under this Act.