Amend SB 1727 (house committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering the subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Subchapter B, Chapter 386, Health and Safety Code, is amended by adding Section 386.0515 to read as follows:
Sec. 386.0515. AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS. (a) In this section, "agricultural product transportation" means the transportation of a raw agricultural product from the place of production using a heavy-duty truck to:
(1) a nonattainment area;
(2) an affected county;
(3) a destination inside the clean transportation triangle; or
(4) a county adjacent to a county described by Subdivision (2) or that contains an area described by Subdivision (1) or (3).
(b) Notwithstanding other eligibility requirements, the commission shall by rule or policy provide specific eligibility requirements under the Texas Clean Fleet Program established under Chapter 392 and under the Texas Natural Gas Vehicle Grant Program established under Chapter 394, as added by Chapter 892 (SB385), Acts of the 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, for projects relating to agricultural product transportation.
(c) The determining factor for eligibility for participation in a program established under Chapter 392 or Chapter 394, as added by Chapter 892 (SB385), Acts of the 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, for a project relating to agricultural product transportation is the overall accumulative net reduction in emissions of oxides of nitrogen in a nonattainment area, an affected county, or the clean transportation triangle.