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LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 87TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
April 19, 2021
TO:
Honorable Chris Paddie, Chair, House Committee on State Affairs
FROM:
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB4120 by Deshotel (Relating to the efficient use and generation of electricity by public schools.), As Introduced
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would amend the Health and Safety and Utilities Codes to add school bus conversion as an eligible Texas Emission Reduction Plan grant project for the Clean School Bus program and would include installation of charging infrastructure for electric school buses as an eligible project. In addition, the bill would require the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to prioritize projects that achieve the greatest reduction in diesel exhaust and requires at least 75 percent of funding issued for grants to be for the purchase of electric buses to or to convert diesel buses into electric buses. Based on the analysis of the TCEQ, it is assumed that duties and responsibilities associated with implementing the provisions of the bill could be absorbed with existing resources.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies:
582 Commission on Environmental Quality, 701 Texas Education Agency