By: Pickett H.B. No. 3393
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the extension of fees and surcharges providing revenue
  to the Texas emissions reduction plan fund.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 386.251(c), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (c)  The fund consists of:
               (1)  the amount of money deposited to the credit of the
  fund under:
                     (A)  Section 386.056;
                     (B)  Sections 151.0515 and 152.0215, Tax Code; and
                     (C)  Sections [501.138,] 502.358[,] and 548.5055,
  Transportation Code; and
               (2)  grant money recaptured under Section 386.111(d)
  and Chapter 391.
         SECTION 2.  Section 151.0515, Tax Code, is amended to add
  Section (c-1) and to amend Section (d) read as follows:
         (c-1)  (1) Collection of the surcharge imposed by this
  section shall be suspended for a period beginning September 1,
  2017, and ending August 31, 2025, with collections to resume
  September 1, 2025, provided that this section has not expired prior
  to that date.
               (2)  During the period of suspension in (1), should the
  Texas commission on environmental quality estimate a balance in the
  fund at an amount that continued appropriations, transfers, and
  other deductions out of the fund for the following state fiscal
  biennium at then-current levels will cause the balance in the fund
  to fall below $500 million during that biennium, the commission
  shall notify the comptroller that the fund is estimated to be below
  the desired base level. If the comptroller concurs with that
  estimate, the suspension period will terminate early, and the
  comptroller shall cause collection of the surcharge to resume
  beginning September 1 of the following state fiscal biennium or as
  soon thereafter as is feasible, provided that this section has not
  expired prior to that date.
         (d)  This section expires on the last day of the state fiscal
  biennium containing the date marking five years from the United
  States Environmental Protection Agency publication of
  certification in the Federal Register that, with respect to each
  national ambient air quality standard for ozone under 40 C.F.R.
  Section 81.344, the United States Environmental Protection Agency
  has, for each designated area in Texas under that section:
               (1)  designated the area as attainment or
  unclassifiable; or
               (2)  approved a redesignation substitute making a
  finding of attainment for the area [August 31, 2019].
         SECTION 28.  Section 152.0215, Tax Code, is amended to add
  subsection (b-1) and to amend subsection (c) to read as follows:
         (b-1)  (1) Collection of the surcharge imposed by this
  section shall be suspended for a period beginning September 1,
  2017, and ending August 31, 2025, with collections to resume
  September 1, 2025, provided that this section has not expired prior
  to that date.
               (2)  During the period of suspension in (1), should the
  Texas commission on environmental quality estimate a balance in the
  Texas emissions reduction plan fund at an amount that continued
  appropriations, transfers, and other deductions out of the fund for
  the following state fiscal biennium at then-current levels will
  cause the balance in the fund to fall below $500 million during that
  biennium, the commission shall notify the comptroller that the fund
  is estimated to be below the desired base level.  If the comptroller
  concurs with that estimate, the suspension period will terminate
  early, and the comptroller shall cause collection of the surcharge
  to resume beginning September 1 of the following state fiscal
  biennium or as soon thereafter as is feasible, provided that this
  section has not expired prior to that date.
         (c)  This section expires on the last day of the state fiscal
  biennium containing the date marking five years from the United
  States Environmental Protection Agency publication of
  certification in the Federal Register that, with respect to each
  national ambient air quality standard for ozone under 40 C.F.R.
  Section 81.344, the United States Environmental Protection Agency
  has, for each designated area in Texas under that section:
               (1)  designated the area as attainment or
  unclassifiable; or
               (2)  approved a redesignation substitute making a
  finding of attainment for the area [August 31, 2019].
         SECTION 3.  Section 501.138(b-1), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b-1)  Fees collected under Subsection (b) to be sent to the
  comptroller shall be deposited to the credit of the Texas Mobility
  Fund[, except that $5 of each fee imposed under Subsection (a)(1)
  and deposited on or after September 1, 2008, and before September 1,
  2015, shall be deposited to the credit of the Texas emissions
  reduction plan fund].
         SECTION 4.  Section 502.358, Transportation Code, is amended
  so add Subsection (b-1) and to amend Subsection (c) to read as
  follows:
         (b-1)  (1) Collection of the surcharge imposed by this
  section shall be suspended for a period beginning September 1,
  2017, and ending August 31, 2025, with collections to resume
  September 1, 2025, provided that this section has not expired prior
  to that date.
               (2)  During the period of suspension in (1), should the
  Texas commission on environmental quality estimate a balance in the
  Texas emissions reduction plan fund at an amount that continued
  appropriations, transfers, and other deductions out of the fund for
  the following state fiscal biennium at then-current levels will
  cause the balance in the fund to fall below $500 million during that
  biennium, the commission shall notify the comptroller that the fund
  is estimated to be below the desired base level. If the comptroller
  concurs with that estimate, the suspension period will terminate
  early, and the comptroller shall cause collection of the surcharge
  to resume beginning September 1 of the following state fiscal
  biennium or as soon thereafter as is feasible, provided that this
  section has not expired prior to that date.
         (c)  This section expires on the last day of the state fiscal
  biennium containing the date marking five years from the United
  States Environmental Protection Agency publication of
  certification in the Federal Register that, with respect to each
  national ambient air quality standard for ozone under 40 C.F.R.
  Section 81.344, the United States Environmental Protection Agency
  has, for each designated area in Texas under that section:
               (1)  designated the area as attainment or
  unclassifiable; or
               (2)  approved a redesignation substitute making a
  finding of attainment for the area [August 31, 2019].
         SECTION 5.  The heading to Section 548.5055, Transportation
  Code, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 548.5055.  TEXAS EMISSIONS [EMISSION] REDUCTION PLAN
  FEE.
         SECTION 6.  Sections 548.5055, Transportation Code, is
  amended to add Subsection (b-1) and to amend Subsections (b) and (c)
  to read as follows:
         (b)  The department shall remit fees collected under this
  section to the comptroller at the time and in the manner prescribed
  by the comptroller for deposit in the Texas emissions [emission]
  reduction plan fund.
         (b-1)  Collection of the fee imposed by this section shall be
  suspended for a period beginning September 1, 2017, and ending
  August 31, 2025, with collections to resume September 1, 2025,
  provided that this section has not expired prior to that date.
               (2)  During the period of suspension in (1), should the
  Texas commission on environmental quality estimate a balance in the
  Texas emissions reduction plan fund at an amount that continued
  appropriations, transfers, and other deductions out of the fund for
  the following state fiscal biennium at then-current levels will
  cause the balance in the fund to fall below $500 million during that
  biennium, the commission shall notify the comptroller and the
  department that the fund is estimated to be below the desired base
  level.  If the comptroller agrees with that estimate, the
  comptroller shall notify the department and the suspension period
  will terminate early. Upon notification, the department shall cause
  collection of the fee to resume beginning September 1 of the
  following state fiscal biennium or as soon thereafter as is
  feasible, provided that this section has not expired prior to that
  date.
         (c)  This section expires on the last day of the state fiscal
  biennium containing the date marking five years from the United
  States Environmental Protection Agency publication of
  certification in the Federal Register that, with respect to each
  national ambient air quality standard for ozone under 40 C.F.R.
  Section 81.344, the United States Environmental Protection Agency
  has, for each designated area in Texas under that section:
               (1)  designated the area as attainment or
  unclassifiable; or
               (2)  approved a redesignation substitute making a
  finding of attainment for the area [August 31, 2019].
         SECTION 7.  Sections 501.138(b-2) and (b-3), Transportation
  Code, are repealed.
         SECTION 8.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
  a fee or surcharge collected on or after the effective date of this
  Act. A fee or surcharge collected before the effective date of this
  Act is governed by the law in effect when the fee or surcharge was
  collected, and the former law is continued in effect for that
  purpose.
         SECTION 9.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.