Bill Text: TX HB3310 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Relating to incentives for the purchase or lease of an electric-powered light-duty motor vehicle.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-11 - Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal [HB3310 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HB3310-Comm_Sub.html

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82R18770 SLB-D
By: Rodriguez H.B. No. 3310
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3310:
By: Sheffield C.S.H.B. No. 3310

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to incentives for the purchase or lease of an
electric-powered light-duty motor vehicle.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 386.152(b), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) The program shall authorize statewide incentives for
the purchase or lease, according to the schedule provided by
Section 386.153, of new gasoline-powered light-duty motor vehicles
that are certified by the United States Environmental Protection
Agency to meet an emissions standard that is at least as stringent
as those provided by Section 386.153(a) and new light-duty motor
vehicles powered wholly or partly by an electric motor under
Section 386.153(b) [386.153] for a purchaser or lessee who agrees
to register the vehicle in this state and to operate the vehicle in
this state for not less than 75 percent of the vehicle's annual
mileage.
SECTION 2. Section 386.153, Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 386.153. LIGHT-DUTY MOTOR VEHICLE PURCHASE OR LEASE
INCENTIVE SCHEDULE. (a) A new light-duty motor vehicle powered
exclusively by a gasoline engine is eligible for an incentive
according to the following schedule:
Incentive emissions standard and incentive amount
Model year 2003-2007
Bin 4 $1,250
Bin 3 $2,225
Bin 2 $3,750
Bin 1 $5,000
(b) A new light-duty motor vehicle powered wholly or partly
by an electric motor, including a vehicle that draws power from a
battery or a hybrid engine, is eligible for a $2,500 incentive. A
recreational vehicle, as defined by Section 522.004(b),
Transportation Code, that draws power from a battery or a hybrid
engine solely for purposes other than propulsion is not eligible
for an incentive under this subsection.
(c) The incentive under Subsection (b) is limited to 2,000
vehicles for the state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2011.
This subsection expires September 1, 2013.
SECTION 3. Section 386.154, Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 386.154. MODIFICATION OF INCENTIVE EMISSIONS
STANDARDS. After evaluating new technologies and after public
notice and comment, the commission, in consultation with the
advisory board, may change the incentive emissions standards
established by Section 386.153(a) [386.153] to improve the ability
of the program to achieve its goals.
SECTION 4. Section 386.155, Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 386.155. MANUFACTURER'S REPORT. At the beginning of
but not later than July 1 of each year preceding the vehicle model
year, a manufacturer of motor vehicles shall provide to the
commission a list of the new vehicle models that the manufacturer
intends to sell in this state during that model year that meet the
incentive emissions standards established by the schedules set out
under Section 386.153(a) or that are motor vehicles powered wholly
or partly by an electric motor as described by Section 386.153(b)
[386.153]. The manufacturer may supplement the list provided to
the commission under this section as necessary to include
additional new vehicle models the manufacturer intends to sell in
this state during the model year.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.