H.B. No. 1731

AN ACT

relating to money available for consumer incentive or rebate programs for alternatively fueled appliances or equipment.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 113.2435, Natural Resources Code, is amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:

(d) Notwithstanding Subsection (c)(5), the commission shall make available for rebates during a fiscal year the entire amount of money made available for rebates during the preceding fiscal year that was not spent during the preceding fiscal year. The amount of money made available for rebates during the preceding fiscal year that was not spent during the preceding fiscal year is not counted in determining the limitation on the proportion of the fund usable for the rebate program during a fiscal year.

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, 2009.

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President of the Senate Speaker of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 1731 was passed by the House on April 21, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1 present, not voting.

______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 1731 was passed by the Senate on May 13, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: _____________________

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Governor