88R7501 JXC-D
 
  By: Hernandez H.B. No. 1351
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the distribution of funds designated for the low-income
  vehicle repair assistance, retrofit, and accelerated vehicle
  retirement program.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter G, Chapter 382, Health and Safety
  Code, is amended by adding Section 382.221 to read as follows:
         Sec. 382.221.  DISTRIBUTION OF LOW-INCOME VEHICLE REPAIR
  ASSISTANCE, RETROFIT, AND ACCELERATED VEHICLE RETIREMENT PROGRAM
  FUNDS. (a) This section applies only to a county that:
               (1)  is or was a participating county; and
               (2)  has remitted to the state fees collected for the
  low-income vehicle repair assistance, retrofit, and accelerated
  vehicle retirement program.
         (b)  Notwithstanding Sections 382.202(g), 382.209, and
  382.220, not later than January 1, 2024, the commission shall
  distribute to the counties described by Subsection (a) all
  available money collected before September 1, 2023, under Section
  382.202(e) or 382.302 that was designated for the low-income
  vehicle repair assistance, retrofit, and accelerated vehicle
  retirement program and is appropriated by the legislature for the
  purposes described by this subsection.
         (c)  The commission shall distribute the money in reasonable
  proportion to the amount of fees collected under Section 382.202(e)
  or 382.302 in those counties or in the regions in which those
  counties are located.
         (d)  A county that receives money under this section may use
  the money only to fund a program authorized by Section 382.220(b).
         (e)  This section expires September 1, 2027.
         SECTION 2.  The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is
  required to implement a provision of this Act only if the
  legislature appropriates money specifically for that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.