Honorable Joseph Pickett, Chair, House Committee on Environmental Regulation
FROM:
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB3413 by Cortez (Relating to the Texas natural gas vehicle grant program, including the funding of fueling stations from grants under that program.), As Introduced
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would amend Texas Health and Safety Code, Section 394.010 to exempt stations that are owned or operated by a transit authority governed by Texas Transportation Code, Chapters 451 or 452 and are located in a county that has population of more than one million from the requirement that the station be publicly accessible in order to be funded by a Texas Clean Transportation Triangle (CTT) program grant. The bill would extend the Texas Natural Gas Vehicle Grant (NGVG) program and the CTT program from August 31, 2017 to the end of the biennium in which Texas attains the national ambient air quality standards for ground-level ozone. The bill would take effect August 30, 2017.
This analysis assumes that current Texas Emissions Reduction Plan (TERP) program activities would continue to be funded at 2016-17 funding levels. Under current law, the CTT and NGVG programs would expire at the end of fiscal year 2017 and would not be appropriated funding in future fiscal years; the bill would decrease available funding for other TERP program activities in order to continue to fund the CTT and NGVG programs.
Local Government Impact
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies:
304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 582 Commission on Environmental Quality