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Included in the amounts appropriated above out of the Clean Air Account No. 151 in Strategy A.1.1, Air Quality Assessment and Planning, is $12,500,000 in each fiscal year of the 2012-13 biennium in estimated fee revenues from vehicle inspection and maintenance fees generated pursuant to Health and Safety Code, §§ 382.202 and 382.302, to fund the Low-Income Vehicle Repair Assistance, Retrofit, and Accelerated Vehicle Retirement Program (LIRAP). Of the amounts, not more than $500,000 in each fiscal year shall be used by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for costs associated with administering the LIRAP as authorized in Health and Safety Code § 382.202, and all remaining funds shall be used as LIRAP grants to local governments. Also included in the amounts appropriated above in Strategy A.1.1, Air Quality Assessment and Planning, is $3,750,000 in each fiscal year of the 2012-13 biennium in unexpended balances in the Clean Air Account No. 151 to be used only for purposes authorized in Chapter 382 of the Health and Safety Code for county-implemented local initiatives projects to reduce air emissions, including but not limited to the following: the expansion of AirCheck Texas Repair and Replacement Assistance Program; development and implementation of remote emissions-sensing systems, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality's (TCEQ) Smoking Vehicle program, and the enhancement of transportation system improvements; and coordination with local law enforcement to reduce counterfeit inspection stickers. In addition to the amounts appropriated above, there is hereby appropriated to the TCEQ for the biennium beginning on September 1, 2011 any additional revenues from vehicle inspection and maintenance fees generated from additional counties participating in the LIRAP beginning on or after September 1, 2011. Such funds shall be used to provide grants to local governments and to cover administrative costs of the TCEQ in administering the LIRAP.