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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the Texas emissions reduction plan, including the use |
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of money in the Texas emissions reduction plan fund for rail |
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projects. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 386.002, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 386.002. EXPIRATION. This chapter expires August 31, |
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2023 [2019]. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter F, Chapter 386, Health and Safety |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 386.253 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 386.253. RAIL PROJECTS. A rail project, including a |
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rail relocation and improvement project, that meets the criteria of |
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a program established under this chapter is eligible to receive a |
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grant or other funding from the Texas emissions reduction plan |
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fund. |
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SECTION 3. Sections 501.138(b-2) and (b-3), Transportation |
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Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(b-2) The comptroller shall establish a record of the amount |
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of the fees deposited to the credit of the Texas Mobility Fund under |
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Subsection (b-1). On or before the fifth workday of each month, |
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the Texas Department of Transportation shall remit to the |
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comptroller for deposit to the credit of the Texas emissions |
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reduction plan fund an amount of money equal to the amount of the |
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fees deposited by the comptroller to the credit of the Texas |
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Mobility Fund under Subsection (b-1) in the preceding month. The |
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Texas Department of Transportation shall use for remittance to the |
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comptroller as required by this subsection money in the state |
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highway fund that is not required to be used for a purpose specified |
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by Section 7-a, Article VIII, Texas Constitution, and may not use |
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for that remittance money received by this state under the |
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congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program |
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established under 23 U.S.C. Section 149. A rail project, including |
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a rail relocation and improvement project, that meets the criteria |
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of a program established under the Texas emissions reduction plan |
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is eligible to receive a grant or other funding from the Texas |
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emissions reduction plan fund out of money deposited to the fund |
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under this subsection. |
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(b-3) This subsection and Subsection (b-2) expire August |
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31, 2023 [2019]. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |