System updates will be applied on February 19, 2026 at 6:00 PM. These updates will include changes to the user interface. Work is expected to take approximately 30 minutes to complete, during which the site will be unavailable.
Amend CSSB 1 in Article XI by adding the following
appropriately numbered rider:
____. In addition to the amounts appropriated above in
strategy A.1.1, Air Quality Assessment and Planning, there is
hereby appropriated to the Texas Commission on Environmental
Quality for the biennium beginning September 1, 2009 all fee
revenues collected pursuant to Section 185 of the federal Clean Air
Act. The first $12,500,000 of these funds collected each fiscal
year shall be used according to the following formula for projects
to be implemented within the nonattainment area in which the fees
are collected: 20% for grants under the Clean School Bus Initiative
established in Health and Safety Code, Chapter 390; up to 30% for
grants to fund the acquisition and deployment of the latest
monitoring technologies, including, but not limited to
differential absorption LIDAR (DIAL) and the portable infrared
camera; up to 20% for the new technology implementation program
established in Health and Safety Code, Chapter 387; and the balance
for incentive payments for the Diesel Emissions Reduction Programs
established in Health and Safety Code, Chapter 386, Subchapter C.
Amounts collected in excess of $12,500,000 each fiscal year shall
be used for projects to be implemented anywhere within the state
that are authorized by Health and Safety Code Section 386.051, with
a priority given to maximize the number of buses in the state that
are cleaned up under the Clean School Bus Initiative established in
Health and Safety Code, Chapter 390.