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