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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to air monitors in Texas Commission on Environmental |
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Quality Regions 3 and 4 to be funded through the Texas emissions |
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reduction plan. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 386.252, Health and |
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Safety Code, as amended by Chapters 1125 (H.B. 1796) and 1232 (S.B. |
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1759), Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, is |
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reenacted and amended to read as follows: |
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(a) Money in the fund may be used only to implement and |
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administer programs established under the plan and shall be |
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allocated as follows: |
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(1) for the diesel emissions reduction incentive |
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program, 87.5 percent of the money in the fund, of which: |
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(A) not more than four percent may be used for the |
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clean school bus program; |
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(B) not more than 10 percent may be used for |
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on-road diesel purchase or lease incentives; [and] |
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(C) a specified amount may be used for the new |
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technology implementation grant program, from which a defined |
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amount may be set aside for electricity storage projects related to |
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renewable energy; and |
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(D) five percent shall be used for the clean |
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fleet program; |
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(2) for the new technology research and development |
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program, nine percent of the money in the fund, of which: |
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(A) up to $200,000 is allocated for a health |
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effects study; |
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(B) $500,000 is to be deposited in the state |
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treasury to the credit of the clean air account created under |
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Section 382.0622 to supplement funding for air quality planning |
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activities in affected counties; |
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(C) not less than 20 percent is to be allocated |
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each year to support research related to air quality as provided by |
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Section 387.010; [and] |
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(D) not less than $3 million or more than $7 |
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million in 2012 and 2013 and not less than $1 million or more than $3 |
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million in subsequent years is allocated to fund the implementation |
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and oversight of a regional air monitoring program in commission |
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Regions 3 and 4 implemented through a regional nonprofit entity |
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located in North Texas having representation from counties, |
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municipalities, higher education institutions, and private sector |
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interests across the area; and |
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(E) the balance is allocated each year to the |
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commission to be used to: |
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(i) implement and administer the new |
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technology research and development program for the purpose of |
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identifying, testing, and evaluating new emissions-reducing |
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technologies with potential for commercialization in this state and |
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to facilitate their certification or verification; and |
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(ii) contract with the Energy Systems |
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Laboratory at the Texas Engineering Experiment Station for $216,000 |
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annually for the development and annual computation of creditable |
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statewide emissions reductions obtained through wind and other |
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renewable energy resources for the state implementation plan; and |
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(3) two percent is allocated to the commission and 1.5 |
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percent is allocated to the laboratory for administrative costs |
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incurred by the commission and the laboratory. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |