SB 12, Sen 2nd Rdg, Amnd #F2

Amend Floor Amendment No. 1 by Fraser to CSSB 12 (senate committee printing) as follows:

(1) Add the following appropriately numbered item to the amendment:

(__) In SECTION 1 of the bill, immediately following added Section 2158.0051, Government Code (page 2, between lines 1 and 2), insert the following:

(2) On page 2, lines 5-7, strike "complying with Section 2158.0051, Government Code, through the purchase or lease of new motor vehicles that operate primarily on an alternative fuel" and substitute the following:

(1) purchasing or leasing new motor vehicles that operate primarily on an alternative fuel; or

(2) converting motor vehicles to operate primarily on an alternative fuel

(3) On page 2, line 13, strike "or".

(4) On page 2, strike lines 14-17 and substitute the following:

(2) convert a motor vehicle to operate primarily on an alternative fuel; or

(3) purchase, lease, or install refueling infrastructure or equipment or procure refueling services as described by Section 395.005 to store and dispense alternative fuel needed for a motor vehicle described by Subdivision (1) or (2).

(5) On page 3, line 3, strike "125" and substitute "75".

(6) On page 3, strike lines 11-23 and substitute the following:

Sec. 395.005. REFUELING INFRASTRUCTURE, EQUIPMENT, AND SERVICES. A grant recipient may purchase, lease, or install refueling infrastructure or equipment or procure refueling services with money from a grant under the program if:

(1) the purchase, lease, installation, or procurement is made in conjunction with the purchase or lease of a motor vehicle as described by Section 395.004 or the conversion of a motor vehicle to operate primarily on an alternative fuel;

(2) the grant recipient demonstrates that a refueling station that meets the needs of the recipient is not available within five miles of the location at which the recipient's vehicles are stored or primarily used; and

(3) for the purchase or installation of refueling infrastructure or equipment, the infrastructure or equipment will be owned and operated by the grant recipient and for the lease of refueling infrastructure or equipment or the procurement of refueling services, a third-party service provider engaged by the grant recipient will provide the infrastructure, equipment, or services.

(7) On page 3, between lines 30 and 31, insert the following:

(c) A lease of or service agreement for refueling infrastructure, equipment, or services paid for with money from a grant under the program must have a term of at least three years.

(8) On page 4, lines 14-15, strike "purchase and installation of refueling infrastructure or equipment" and substitute "purchase, lease, installation, or procurement of refueling infrastructure, equipment, or services".

(9) On page 5, line 26, strike "In determining priorities for funding" and substitute the following:

In awarding grants under the program, the commission shall prioritize projects that:

(1) are proposed by a state agency;

(2) are in or near a nonattainment area;

(3) are in an affected county, as that term is defined by Section 386.001(2);

(4) will produce the greatest emissions reductions; and

(5) will generate the most marketable credits under a state or federal emissions reduction credit averaging, banking, or trading program.

(e) In addition to the requirements under Subsection (d), in awarding grants

(10) On page 6, between lines 10 and 11, insert the following:

(f) The commission may not award more than five percent of the total amount awarded under the program in any fiscal year for purchasing, leasing, installing, or procuring refueling infrastructure, equipment, or services.

(11) On page 6, line 14, between the underscored period and "EXPIRATION.", insert the following:

RULES. The commission may adopt rules as necessary to implement this subchapter.

Sec. 395.013. REPORT REQUIRED. On or before November 1 of each even-numbered year, the commission shall submit to the governor, the lieutenant governor, and members of the legislature a report that includes the following information regarding awards made under the program during the preceding state fiscal biennium:

(1) the number of grants awarded under the program;

(2) the recipient of each grant awarded;

(3) the number of vehicles converted or replaced;

(4) the number, type, and location of any refueling infrastructure, equipment, or services funded under the program;

(5) the total emissions reductions achieved under the program; and

(6) any other information the commission considers relevant.

(12) On page 6, lines 19-25, strike items (3) and (4) of the amendment and substitute the following appropriately numbered item:

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