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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the allocation of Texas Emissions Reduction Plan funds. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 386.252(a), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) Money in the fund may be used only to implement and |
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administer programs established under the plan. Money |
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appropriated to the commission to be used for the programs under |
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Section 386.051(b) shall be allocated as follows: |
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(1) not more than four percent may be used for the |
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clean school bus program under Chapter 390; |
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(2) not more than three percent may be used for the new |
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technology implementation grant program under Chapter 391, from |
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which at least $1 million will be set aside for electricity storage |
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projects related to renewable energy; |
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(3) five percent shall be used for the clean fleet |
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program under Chapter 392; |
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(4) not more than $1 [$3] million may be used by the |
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commission to fund a regional air monitoring program in commission |
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Regions 3 and 4 to be implemented under the commission's oversight, |
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including direction regarding the type, number, location, and |
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operation of, and data validation practices for, monitors funded by |
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the program through a regional nonprofit entity located in North |
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Texas having representation from counties, municipalities, higher |
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education institutions, and private sector interests across the |
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area; |
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(5) not less than 16 percent shall be used for the |
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Texas natural gas vehicle grant program under Chapter 394; |
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(6) not more than five percent may be used to provide |
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grants for natural gas fueling stations under the clean |
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transportation triangle program under Section 394.010; |
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(7) not more than five percent may be used for the |
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Texas alternative fueling facilities program under Chapter 393; |
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(8) a specified amount may be used each year to support |
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research related to air quality as provided by Chapter 387; |
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(9) not more than $200,000 may be used for a health |
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effects study; |
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(10) $200,000 [$500,000] is to be deposited in the |
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state treasury to the credit of the clean air account created under |
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Section 382.0622 to supplement funding for air quality planning |
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activities in affected counties; |
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(11) at least $4 million and up to four percent to a |
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maximum of $7 million, whichever is greater, is allocated to the |
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commission for administrative costs; |
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(12) at least two percent and up to five percent of the |
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fund is to be used by the commission for the drayage truck incentive |
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program established under Subchapter D-1; |
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(13) not more than five percent may be used for the |
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light-duty motor vehicle purchase or lease incentive program |
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established under Subchapter D; |
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(14) not more than $216,000 is allocated to the |
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commission to contract with the Energy Systems Laboratory at the |
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Texas Engineering Experiment Station annually for the development |
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and annual computation of creditable statewide emissions |
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reductions obtained through wind and other renewable energy |
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resources for the state implementation plan; |
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(15) 1.5 percent of the money in the fund is allocated |
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for administrative costs incurred by the laboratory; and |
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(16) at least 50 percent, and any remaining balance as |
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determined by the commission, [the balance] is to be used by the |
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commission for the diesel emissions reduction incentive program |
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under Subchapter C [as determined by the commission]. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |