83R9266 JXC-F
By: Gooden H.B. No. 2379
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the amount of money authorized to be used for Clean Air
Act local initiative projects related to vehicles.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 382.220(d), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(d) Fees collected under Sections 382.202 and 382.302 may be
used, in an amount not to exceed $10 [$5] million per fiscal year,
for projects described by Subsection (b). The fees shall be made
available only to counties participating in the low-income vehicle
repair assistance, retrofit, and accelerated vehicle retirement
programs created under Section 382.209 and only on a matching
basis, whereby the commission provides money to a county in the same
amount that the county dedicates to a project authorized by
Subsection (b). The commission may reduce the match requirement
for a county that proposes to develop and implement independent
test facility fraud detection programs, including the use of remote
sensing technology for coordinating with law enforcement officials
to detect, prevent, and prosecute the use of counterfeit state
inspection stickers.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.