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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to funding of the Alternative Fuels Research and Education |
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Division of the Railroad Commission of Texas |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. 113.246 (b), Natural Resources Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) The rebate program provided in Section 113.2435 shall be |
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funded by 50 percent of the total delivery fees collected under |
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Section 113.244. Administrative costs for the Alternative Fuels |
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Research and Education Division may not exceed 25 percent of the |
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total delivery fees collected. The remainder of the total delivery
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fees collected may be expended at the discretion of the commission.
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(1) Any and all unexpended balances carried forward from the |
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previous fiscal year as of August 31, 2008 from appropriations made |
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from the Alternative Fuels Research and Education account and |
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collected pursuant to Natural Resources Code, Section 113.243 shall |
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be dedicated to and used exclusively for the purpose of consumer |
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rebates and shall be carried forward into the following fiscal year |
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and remain differentiated as consumer rebate funds in the |
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Alternative Fuels Research and Education Account 101 pursuant to |
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Natural Resources Code, Section 113.2435. |
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(2) These carry over funds shall not be considered in |
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determining the amount of Available Funds for the current fiscal |
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year as cited in Section 113.2435(c)(5) of the Texas Natural |
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Resources Code which establishes the requirement of using not more |
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than 50% of funds available for the consumer rebate program in the |
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Account 101 fund in any fiscal year. |
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(3) Carry over funds are not to impede with the statutory |
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maximum parentage requirement language concerning not more then 50% |
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of funds available to be used in any category. |
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SECTION 2. 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. |