| 1 | 1 | | 81R3679 SLB-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Chisum H.B. No. 2516 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the use of alternative fuels by a county mass transit |
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| 8 | 8 | | authority. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 457.201, Transportation Code, is amended |
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| 11 | 11 | | by amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsection (d) to |
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| 12 | 12 | | read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (a) An authority may not purchase or lease a motor vehicle |
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| 14 | 14 | | that is not capable of using compressed natural gas, liquefied |
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| 15 | 15 | | natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, methanol, a |
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| 16 | 16 | | methanol-gasoline blend of at least 85 percent, ethanol, an |
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| 17 | 17 | | ethanol-gasoline blend of at least 85 percent, or electricity, or |
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| 18 | 18 | | another alternative fuel the use of which results in comparably |
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| 19 | 19 | | lower emissions of oxides of nitrogen, volatile organic compounds, |
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| 20 | 20 | | carbon monoxide, or particulates or combinations of those |
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| 21 | 21 | | materials. |
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| 22 | 22 | | (b) Each motor vehicle purchased or leased by the authority |
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| 23 | 23 | | must use an alternative fuel 80 percent of the time the vehicle is |
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| 24 | 24 | | in operation. [At least 50 percent of the fleet vehicles operated |
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| 25 | 25 | | by an authority must be capable of using compressed natural gas or |
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| 26 | 26 | | another alternative fuel.] |
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| 27 | 27 | | (d) Not later than December 1 of each year, an authority |
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| 28 | 28 | | shall submit a report to the legislature that details the |
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| 29 | 29 | | authority's progress in achieving the percentage requirements of |
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| 30 | 30 | | this section by: |
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| 31 | 31 | | (1) itemizing purchases, leases, and conversions of |
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| 32 | 32 | | motor vehicles; |
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| 33 | 33 | | (2) itemizing usage of compressed natural gas, |
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| 34 | 34 | | liquefied natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, methanol, a |
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| 35 | 35 | | methanol-gasoline blend of at least 85 percent, ethanol, an |
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| 36 | 36 | | ethanol-gasoline blend of at least 85 percent, or electricity; and |
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| 37 | 37 | | (3) describing the availability of compressed natural |
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| 38 | 38 | | gas, liquefied natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, methanol, a |
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| 39 | 39 | | methanol-gasoline blend of at least 85 percent, ethanol, an |
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| 40 | 40 | | ethanol-gasoline blend of at least 85 percent, or electricity. |
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| 41 | 41 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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