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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to supplemental environmental projects authorized by the |
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Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 7.067, Water Code, is amended by adding |
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Subsections (d), (e), and (f) to read as follows: |
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(d) The commission may determine the types of projects that |
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may be approved as a supplemental environmental project. For a |
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respondent that is a local government, those types of projects must |
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include: |
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(1) purchasing, operating, or maintaining: |
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(A) alternative fuel vehicles, including |
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passenger cars, light trucks, heavy trucks, and buses; and |
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(B) alternative fuel heavy equipment, including |
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tractors, bulldozers, front-end loaders, and motor graders; |
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(2) constructing, operating, or maintaining |
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alternative fuel refueling infrastructure necessary to operate an |
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alternative fuel fleet; and |
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(3) providing energy efficiency upgrades to buildings |
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and facilities owned by the local government, including heating, |
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ventilation, air conditioning, lighting, and building envelope |
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upgrades. |
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(e) For a supplemental environmental project involving |
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alternative fuel vehicles, the commission: |
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(1) must allow the project to include: |
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(A) the entire cost of the vehicle; and |
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(B) any alternative fuel equipment or upgrades |
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involved; and |
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(2) may not limit the project to including only the |
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difference in cost between conventional fuel vehicles, equipment, |
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or upgrades and the alternative fuel counterparts. |
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(f) The commission: |
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(1) may not require a contract associated with a |
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supplemental environmental project to be for a term of less than |
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five years; and |
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(2) must allow a contract associated with a |
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supplemental environmental project to be renewable for periods of |
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at least five years. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |