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AN ACT
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relating to rail relocation and improvement in the state. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. (a) The Texas Department of Transportation |
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shall conduct a study to determine the economic feasibility of |
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relocating freight trains that carry hazardous materials away from |
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residential areas of the state in municipalities with a population |
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of more than 1.2 million. The study must include an evaluation of |
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cost options for the relocation of freight trains from residential |
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areas. |
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(b) Not later than March 1, 2008, the Texas Department of |
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Transportation shall report the results of the study conducted |
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under Subsection (a) of this section to the governor and the |
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legislature. |
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SECTION 2. Section 386.109, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 386.109. ELIGIBLE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. The |
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commission may consider for funding under Section 386.108: |
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(1) the purchase and installation at a site of |
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equipment that is designed primarily to dispense qualifying fuel, |
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other than standard gasoline or diesel, or the purchase of on-site |
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mobile fueling equipment; |
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(2) infrastructure projects, including auxiliary |
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power units, designed to dispense electricity to motor vehicles and |
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on-road and non-road diesels; [and] |
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(3) a project that involves a technology that allows a |
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vehicle to replace with electric power, while the vehicle is |
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parked, the power normally supplied by the vehicle's internal |
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combustion engine; and |
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(4) a project to reduce air pollution and engine |
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idling by relieving congestion through rail relocation or |
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improvement at a rail intersection that is located in a |
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nonattainment or near nonattainment area. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 160 was passed by the House on May 9, |
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2007, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
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voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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No. 160 on May 25, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, 2 |
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present, not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 160 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 23, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |