Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

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1	1	81R10621 MTB-D
2	2	By: Watson S.B. No. 2016
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the purchase and operation of plug-in hybrid electric
8	8	motor vehicles, including the establishment of a pilot program by
9	9	the state energy conservation office.
10	10	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. Section 411.063, Government Code, is amended by
12	12	adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
13	13	(f) A motor vehicle displaying a "hybrid vehicle" insignia
14	14	issued under Section 502.1865, Transportation Code, is exempt from
15	15	the payment of a parking fee under Subsection (b)(5).
16	16	SECTION 2. Chapter 447, Government Code, is amended by
17	17	adding Section 447.015 to read as follows:
18	18	Sec. 447.015. PLUG-IN HYBRID ELECTRIC MOTOR VEHICLE PILOT
19	19	PROGRAM. (a) In this section, "plug-in hybrid electric motor
20	20	vehicle" means a vehicle that:
21	21	(1) draws motive power from a battery that:
22	22	(A) has a capacity of at least four
23	23	kilowatt-hours; and
24	24	(B) can be recharged from an external source of
25	25	electricity; and
26	26	(2) is approved by the state energy conservation
27	27	office.
28	28	(b) The state energy conservation office shall develop a
29	29	pilot project, in consultation with local electric utilities or
30	30	private contractors, for the establishment and operation of
31	31	charging stations for plug-in hybrid electric motor vehicles in
32	32	state-owned parking lots and garages, including lots and garages in
33	33	the Capitol Complex, as defined by Section 411.061.
34	34	(c) The pilot project must also include:
35	35	(1) demonstrations on the use of charging stations for
36	36	plug-in hybrid electric motor vehicles in the Capitol Complex;
37	37	(2) the solicitation of demonstrations of plug-in
38	38	hybrid electric motor vehicles, including pickup trucks, delivery
39	39	vehicles, and buses, for use in the state vehicle fleet; and
40	40	(3) facilitation of the use of ride-sharing or
41	41	car-pooling programs that use plug-in hybrid electric motor
42	42	vehicles and are sponsored or promoted by local governments.
43	43	(d) The state energy conservation office shall publish a
44	44	list on the office's Internet website of vehicles that are approved
45	45	by the office as plug-in hybrid electric motor vehicles based on
46	46	manufacturer information.
47	47	(e) The state energy conservation office may solicit and
48	48	accept grants, gifts, and donations from any public or private
49	49	source for the purposes of this section.
50	50	SECTION 3. Section 2165.2035, Government Code, is amended
51	51	by adding Subsection (k) to read as follows:
52	52	(k) Any lease of a state-owned parking lot or garage under
53	53	this section must provide that a motor vehicle displaying a "hybrid
54	54	vehicle" insignia issued under Section 502.1865, Transportation
55	55	Code, is exempt from the payment of a fee to park in the parking lot
56	56	or garage.
57	57	SECTION 4. Subchapter E, Chapter 152, Tax Code, is amended
58	58	by adding Section 152.0902 to read as follows:
59	59	Sec. 152.0902. CERTAIN PLUG-IN HYBRID ELECTRIC MOTOR
60	60	VEHICLES. (a) In this section, "plug-in hybrid electric motor
61	61	vehicle" has the meaning assigned by Section 447.015, Government
62	62	Code.
63	63	(b) The taxes imposed by this chapter do not apply to the
64	64	sale or use of a plug-in hybrid electric motor vehicle.
65	65	SECTION 5. Section 224.153, Transportation Code, is amended
66	66	by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
67	67	(e) A motor vehicle displaying the "hybrid vehicle"
68	68	insignia issued under Section 502.1865 in an easily readable
69	69	location on the back of the vehicle may use a high occupancy vehicle
70	70	lane regardless of the number of occupants in the vehicle unless the
71	71	use would impair the receipt of federal funds.
72	72	SECTION 6. Chapter 371, Transportation Code, as added by
73	73	Chapters 103 (H.B. 570) and 258 (S.B. 11), Acts of the 80th
74	74	Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, is reenacted, redesignated as
75	75	Chapter 372, Transportation Code, and amended to read as follows:
76	76	CHAPTER 372 [371]. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF
77	77	TOLL PROJECT
78	78	SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
79	79	Sec. 372.001 [371.001]. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
80	80	(1) "Plug-in hybrid electric motor vehicle" has the
81	81	meaning assigned by Section 447.015, Government Code.
82	82	(2) "Toll project" means a toll project described by
83	83	Section 201.001(b), regardless of whether the toll project:
84	84	(A) is a part of the state highway system; or
85	85	(B) is subject to the jurisdiction of the
86	86	department.
87	87	(3) [(2)] "Toll project entity" means an entity
88	88	authorized by law to acquire, design, construct, finance, operate,
89	89	and maintain a toll project, including:
90	90	(A) the department under Chapter 227 or 228;
91	91	(B) a regional tollway authority under Chapter
92	92	366;
93	93	(C) a regional mobility authority under Chapter
94	94	370; or
95	95	(D) a county under Chapter 284.
96	96	SUBCHAPTER B. TOLL PROJECT OPERATION
97	97	Sec. 372.051 [371.051]. USE OF MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION
98	98	OR LICENSE PLATE INFORMATION. (a) A toll project entity may not
99	99	use motor vehicle registration or other information derived from a
100	100	license plate on a vehicle using a toll project, including
101	101	information obtained by the use of automated enforcement technology
102	102	described by Section 228.058, for purposes other than those related
103	103	to:
104	104	(1) toll collection and toll collection enforcement;
105	105	and
106	106	(2) law enforcement purposes on request by a law
107	107	enforcement agency[, subject to Section 228.058(d)].
108	108	(b) If a toll project entity enters into an agreement with
109	109	an entity in another state that involves the exchange of motor
110	110	vehicle registration or license plate information for toll
111	111	collection or toll collection enforcement purposes, the agreement
112	112	must provide that the information may not be used for purposes other
113	113	than those described in Subsection (a).
114	114	Sec. 372.052 [371.001]. VEHICLES USED BY NONPROFIT
115	115	DISASTER RELIEF ORGANIZATIONS. [(a) In this section:
116	116	[(1) "Toll project" means a toll project described by
117	117	Section 201.001(b), regardless of whether the toll project is:
118	118	[(A) a part of the state highway system; or
119	119	[(B) subject to the jurisdiction of the
120	120	department.
121	121	[(2) "Toll project entity" means an entity authorized
122	122	by law to acquire, design, construct, finance, operate, and
123	123	maintain a toll project, including:
124	124	[(A) the department under Chapter 227 or 228;
125	125	[(B) a regional tollway authority under Chapter
126	126	366;
127	127	[(C) a regional mobility authority under Chapter
128	128	370; or
129	129	[(D) a county under Chapter 284.
130	130	[(b)] A toll project entity may not require a vehicle
131	131	registered under Section 502.203 to pay a toll for the use of a toll
132	132	project.
133	133	Sec. 372.053. PLUG-IN HYBRID ELECTRIC MOTOR VEHICLES. A
134	134	toll project entity may not require a plug-in hybrid electric motor
135	135	vehicle displaying a "hybrid vehicle" insignia issued under Section
136	136	502.1865 to pay a toll for the use of a toll project.
137	137	SECTION 7. Subchapter D, Chapter 502, Transportation Code,
138	138	is amended by adding Section 502.1865 to read as follows:
139	139	Sec. 502.1865. "HYBRID VEHICLE" INSIGNIA FOR CERTAIN MOTOR
140	140	VEHICLES. (a) In this section, "plug-in hybrid electric motor
141	141	vehicle" has the meaning assigned by Section 447.015, Government
142	142	Code.
143	143	(b) At the time of registration or reregistration of the
144	144	motor vehicle, the department shall issue a specially designed
145	145	"hybrid vehicle" insignia for a plug-in hybrid electric motor
146	146	vehicle.
147	147	(c) The department shall issue a "hybrid vehicle" insignia
148	148	under this section without the payment of any additional fee to a
149	149	person who:
150	150	(1) applies to the department on a form provided by the
151	151	department; and
152	152	(2) submits proof that the motor vehicle being
153	153	registered is a plug-in hybrid electric motor vehicle.
154	154	SECTION 8. (a) The changes in law made by Section
155	155	2165.2035(k), Government Code, as added by this Act, apply to a
156	156	lease entered into on or after the effective date of this Act. A
157	157	lease entered into before the effective date of this Act is governed
158	158	by the law in effect on the date the lease was entered into, and that
159	159	law is continued in effect for that purpose.
160	160	(b) The changes in law made by Section 152.0902, Tax Code,
161	161	as added by this Act, do not affect tax liability accruing before
162	162	the effective date of this Act. That liability continues in effect
163	163	as if this Act had not been enacted, and the former law is continued
164	164	in effect for the collection of taxes due and for civil and criminal
165	165	enforcement of the liability for those taxes.
166	166	SECTION 9. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails
167	167	over another Act of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009,
168	168	relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted
169	169	codes.
170	170	SECTION 10. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.