80R14558 JJT-F
 
  By: Crownover H.B. No. 3929
 
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3929:
 
  By:  Crabb C.S.H.B. No. 3929
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the funding of the Alternative Fuels Research and
Education Division of the Railroad Commission of Texas.
       BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
       SECTION 1.  Section 113.246(b), Natural Resources Code, is
amended to read as follows:
       (b)  The rebate program provided in Section 113.2435 shall be
funded by 50 percent of the total delivery fees collected under
Section 113.244. Administrative costs for the Alternative Fuels
Research and Education Division program may not exceed 25 percent
of the total delivery fees collected. The remainder of the total
delivery fees collected may be expended at the discretion of the
commission. Notwithstanding the limitation on consumer rebate
program spending imposed by Section 113.2435(c)(5), on August 31,
2008, the commission shall carry forward unexpended amounts that
were budgeted for consumer rebate programs during the state fiscal
year ending on that date and shall include those amounts in the
commission's operating budget for consumer rebate programs for the
state fiscal year beginning September 1, 2008, conditioned on the
commission reserving no more than 50 percent of those amounts, to
the degree necessary for operational cash flow.
       SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2007.