Bill Text: TX SB1263 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Relating to funding for the Texas emissions reduction plan.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-27 - House appoints conferees-reported [SB1263 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1263-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Relating to funding for the Texas emissions reduction plan.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-27 - House appoints conferees-reported [SB1263 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1263-Engrossed.html
By: Birdwell, Nichols | S.B. No. 1263 |
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relating to the Texas emissions reduction plan fund. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 386.051(b), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) Under the plan, the commission and the comptroller shall | ||
provide grants or other funding for: | ||
(1) the diesel emissions reduction incentive program | ||
established under Subchapter C, including for infrastructure | ||
projects established under that subchapter; | ||
(2) the motor vehicle purchase or lease incentive | ||
program established under Subchapter D; | ||
(3) the air quality research support program | ||
established under Chapter 387; | ||
(4) the clean school bus program established under | ||
Chapter 390; | ||
(5) the new technology implementation grant program | ||
established under Chapter 391; | ||
(6) the regional air monitoring program established | ||
under Section 386.252(a); | ||
(7) a health effects study as provided by Section | ||
386.252(a); | ||
(8) air quality planning activities as provided by | ||
Section 386.252(d); | ||
(9) a contract with the Energy Systems Laboratory at | ||
the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station for computation of | ||
creditable statewide emissions reductions as provided by Section | ||
386.252(a); | ||
(10) the Texas clean fleet program established under | ||
Chapter 392; | ||
(11) the Texas alternative fueling facilities program | ||
established under Chapter 393; | ||
(12) the Texas natural gas vehicle grant program | ||
established under Chapter 394; | ||
(13) other programs the commission may develop that | ||
lead to reduced emissions of nitrogen oxides, particulate matter, | ||
or volatile organic compounds in a nonattainment area or affected | ||
county; | ||
(14) other programs the commission may develop that | ||
support congestion mitigation to reduce mobile source ozone | ||
precursor emissions; | ||
(15) the seaport and rail yard areas emissions | ||
reduction program established under Subchapter D-1; | ||
(16) conducting research and other activities | ||
associated with making any necessary demonstrations to the United | ||
States Environmental Protection Agency to account for the impact of | ||
foreign emissions or an exceptional event; | ||
(17) studies of or pilot programs for incentives for | ||
port authorities located in nonattainment areas or affected | ||
counties as provided by Section 386.252(a); [ |
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(18) the governmental alternative fuel fleet grant | ||
program established under Chapter 395; and | ||
(19) remittance of funds to the state highway fund for | ||
use by the Texas Department of Transportation for congestion | ||
mitigation and air quality improvement projects in nonattainment | ||
areas. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 386.057, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: | ||
(e) Not later than October 1 of each year, the Texas | ||
Department of Transportation shall report to the commission the | ||
following information for all congestion mitigation and air quality | ||
improvement projects in nonattainment areas that are planned to be | ||
funded, or received initial funding during the preceding 10 years, | ||
from money received by the department under Section 386.250: | ||
(1) projects to mitigate congestion and improve air | ||
quality that are currently planned; | ||
(2) projects to mitigate congestion and improve air | ||
quality that have been completed; | ||
(3) estimated emissions reductions for all planned and | ||
completed congestion mitigation projects; and | ||
(4) estimated cost per ton analysis of reduced | ||
emissions of nitrogen oxides, particulate matter, or volatile | ||
organic compounds for each congestion mitigation project planned or | ||
completed. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 386.250, Health and Safety Code, as | ||
effective September 1, 2021, is amended by amending Subsection (c) | ||
and adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: | ||
(c) The commission shall remit 40 percent of the amount | ||
deposited to the credit of the fund to the state highway fund for | ||
use by the Texas Department of Transportation for projects | ||
described by Section 386.051(b)(19). | ||
(d) Not later than the 30th day after the last day of each | ||
state fiscal biennium, the commission shall transfer the | ||
unencumbered balance of the fund remaining on the last day of the | ||
state fiscal biennium to the credit of the state highway fund for | ||
use by the Texas Department of Transportation for projects | ||
described by Section 386.051(b)(19) [ |
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SECTION 4. Section 386.251(c), Health and Safety Code, as | ||
effective September 1, 2021, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(c) The account consists of its accumulated balance [ |
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SECTION 5. Section 501.138, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
by amending Subsections (b-1), (b-2), and (b-3) and adding | ||
Subsection (b-4) to read as follows: | ||
(b-1) Except as provided by Subsection (b-4), fees [ |
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collected under Subsection (b) to be sent to the comptroller shall | ||
be deposited to the credit of the Texas [ |
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fund. | ||
(b-2) The comptroller shall establish a record of the amount | ||
of the fees deposited to the credit of the Texas emissions reduction | ||
plan fund [ |
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fifth workday of each month, the Texas Department of Transportation | ||
shall remit to the comptroller for deposit to the credit of the | ||
Texas Mobility Fund [ |
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money equal to the amount of the fees deposited by the comptroller | ||
to the credit of the Texas emissions reduction plan fund [ |
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Department of Transportation shall use for remittance to the | ||
comptroller as required by this subsection money in the state | ||
highway fund that is not required to be used for a purpose specified | ||
by Section 7-a, Article VIII, Texas Constitution, and may not use | ||
for that remittance money received by this state under the | ||
congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program | ||
established under 23 U.S.C. Section 149. | ||
(b-3) This subsection and Subsections (b-1) and | ||
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biennium during which the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality | ||
publishes in the Texas Register the notice required by Section | ||
382.037, Health and Safety Code. | ||
(b-4) Fees collected under Subsection (b) to be sent to the | ||
comptroller shall be deposited to the credit of the Texas Mobility | ||
Fund if the fees are collected on or after the last day of the state | ||
fiscal biennium during which the Texas Commission on Environmental | ||
Quality publishes in the Texas Register the notice required by | ||
Section 382.037, Health and Safety Code. | ||
SECTION 6. The change in law made by this Act to Section | ||
501.138, Transportation Code, applies only to a fee collected on or | ||
after the effective date of this Act. A fee collected before the | ||
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when the | ||
fee was collected, and the former law is continued in effect for | ||
that purpose. | ||
SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |