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1	1	82R18770 SLB-D
2	2	By: Rodriguez H.B. No. 3310
3	3	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3310:
4	4	By: Sheffield C.S.H.B. No. 3310
5	5
6	6
7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to incentives for the purchase or lease of an
10	10	electric-powered light-duty motor vehicle.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Section 386.152(b), Health and Safety Code, is
13	13	amended to read as follows:
14	14	(b) The program shall authorize statewide incentives for
15	15	the purchase or lease, according to the schedule provided by
16	16	Section 386.153, of new gasoline-powered light-duty motor vehicles
17	17	that are certified by the United States Environmental Protection
18	18	Agency to meet an emissions standard that is at least as stringent
19	19	as those provided by Section 386.153(a) and new light-duty motor
20	20	vehicles powered wholly or partly by an electric motor under
21	21	Section 386.153(b) [386.153] for a purchaser or lessee who agrees
22	22	to register the vehicle in this state and to operate the vehicle in
23	23	this state for not less than 75 percent of the vehicle's annual
24	24	mileage.
25	25	SECTION 2. Section 386.153, Health and Safety Code, is
26	26	amended to read as follows:
27	27	Sec. 386.153. LIGHT-DUTY MOTOR VEHICLE PURCHASE OR LEASE
28	28	INCENTIVE SCHEDULE. (a) A new light-duty motor vehicle powered
29	29	exclusively by a gasoline engine is eligible for an incentive
30	30	according to the following schedule:
31	31	Incentive emissions standard and incentive amount
32	32	Model year 2003-2007
33	33	Bin 4 $1,250
34	34	Bin 3 $2,225
35	35	Bin 2 $3,750
36	36	Bin 1 $5,000
37	37	(b) A new light-duty motor vehicle powered wholly or partly
38	38	by an electric motor, including a vehicle that draws power from a
39	39	battery or a hybrid engine, is eligible for a $2,500 incentive. A
40	40	recreational vehicle, as defined by Section 522.004(b),
41	41	Transportation Code, that draws power from a battery or a hybrid
42	42	engine solely for purposes other than propulsion is not eligible
43	43	for an incentive under this subsection.
44	44	(c) The incentive under Subsection (b) is limited to 2,000
45	45	vehicles for the state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2011.
46	46	This subsection expires September 1, 2013.
47	47	SECTION 3. Section 386.154, Health and Safety Code, is
48	48	amended to read as follows:
49	49	Sec. 386.154. MODIFICATION OF INCENTIVE EMISSIONS
50	50	STANDARDS. After evaluating new technologies and after public
51	51	notice and comment, the commission, in consultation with the
52	52	advisory board, may change the incentive emissions standards
53	53	established by Section 386.153(a) [386.153] to improve the ability
54	54	of the program to achieve its goals.
55	55	SECTION 4. Section 386.155, Health and Safety Code, is
56	56	amended to read as follows:
57	57	Sec. 386.155. MANUFACTURER'S REPORT. At the beginning of
58	58	but not later than July 1 of each year preceding the vehicle model
59	59	year, a manufacturer of motor vehicles shall provide to the
60	60	commission a list of the new vehicle models that the manufacturer
61	61	intends to sell in this state during that model year that meet the
62	62	incentive emissions standards established by the schedules set out
63	63	under Section 386.153(a) or that are motor vehicles powered wholly
64	64	or partly by an electric motor as described by Section 386.153(b)
65	65	[386.153]. The manufacturer may supplement the list provided to
66	66	the commission under this section as necessary to include
67	67	additional new vehicle models the manufacturer intends to sell in
68	68	this state during the model year.
69	69	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.