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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the use of alternative fuels by a county mass transit |
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authority. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 457.201, Transportation Code, is amended |
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by amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsection (d) to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) An authority may not purchase or lease a motor vehicle |
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that is not capable of using compressed natural gas, liquefied |
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natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, methanol, a |
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methanol-gasoline blend of at least 85 percent, ethanol, an |
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ethanol-gasoline blend of at least 85 percent, or electricity, or |
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another alternative fuel the use of which results in comparably |
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lower emissions of oxides of nitrogen, volatile organic compounds, |
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carbon monoxide, or particulates or combinations of those |
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materials. |
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(b) Each motor vehicle purchased or leased by the authority |
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must use an alternative fuel 80 percent of the time the vehicle is |
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in operation. [At least 50 percent of the fleet vehicles operated
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by an authority must be capable of using compressed natural gas or
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another alternative fuel.] |
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(d) Not later than December 1 of each year, an authority |
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shall submit a report to the legislature that details the |
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authority's progress in achieving the percentage requirements of |
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this section by: |
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(1) itemizing purchases, leases, and conversions of |
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motor vehicles; |
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(2) itemizing usage of compressed natural gas, |
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liquefied natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, methanol, a |
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methanol-gasoline blend of at least 85 percent, ethanol, an |
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ethanol-gasoline blend of at least 85 percent, or electricity; and |
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(3) describing the availability of compressed natural |
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gas, liquefied natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, methanol, a |
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methanol-gasoline blend of at least 85 percent, ethanol, an |
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ethanol-gasoline blend of at least 85 percent, or electricity. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |