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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to certain grants awarded under the new technology |
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research and development program. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 387.005(a), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) Grants awarded under this chapter shall be directed |
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toward a balanced mix of: |
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(1) retrofit and add-on technologies and other |
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advanced technologies, including traffic-control signalization |
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technologies and programs, that reduce emissions from the existing |
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stock of engines and vehicles targeted by the Texas emissions |
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reduction plan, provided that the technologies do not significantly |
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reduce the fuel economy of those engines and vehicles; |
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(2) advanced technologies for new engines and vehicles |
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that produce very-low or zero emissions of oxides of nitrogen, |
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including stationary and mobile fuel cells; |
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(3) advanced technologies for reducing oxides of |
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nitrogen and other emissions from stationary sources; and |
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(4) field validation of innovative technologies that: |
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(A) reduce emissions of oxides of nitrogen and |
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other emissions; and |
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(B) require demonstration of viability for full |
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commercial acceptance. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |