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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to prohibiting the implementation in this state of any |
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federal greenhouse gas emissions regulatory program. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 382, Health and Safety |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 382.005 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 382.005. PROHIBITION ON IMPLEMENTATION OF GREENHOUSE |
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GAS EMISSIONS REGULATORY PROGRAMS. (a) In this section: |
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(1) "Greenhouse gas" includes: |
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(A) carbon dioxide; |
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(B) methane; |
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(C) nitrous oxide; |
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(D) hydrofluorocarbons; |
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(E) perfluorocarbons; |
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(F) sulfur hexafluoride; and |
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(G) other gases or substances incorporated into a |
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regional or federal greenhouse gas emissions regulatory program. |
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(2) "Greenhouse gas emissions regulatory program" |
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means an arrangement under which a greenhouse gas emissions source |
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is required to account for or report greenhouse gas emissions. The |
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term includes a market-based compliance mechanism. |
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(3) "Market-based compliance mechanism" means a |
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system of market-based declining annual aggregate greenhouse gas |
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emissions limits, including a greenhouse gas emissions exchange, |
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banking, credit, or other similar transaction. |
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(b) A state agency, including the commission, may not |
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implement or adopt rules that would implement a greenhouse gas |
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emissions regulatory program required by federal statute or agency |
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rule. |
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(c) A state employee may not participate on a board, |
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committee, or related entity, or in a study, of a national |
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organization assigned to recommend provisions to implement a |
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federal greenhouse gas emissions regulatory program. |
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(d) This section does not apply to voluntary actions taken |
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to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |