By: Harless (Senate Sponsor - Patrick) H.B. No. 2859
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 8, 2013;
May 9, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural
Resources; May 20, 2013, reported adversely, with favorable
Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0;
May 20, 2013, sent to printer.)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 2859 By: Nichols
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 $7 [$5] million per fiscal
year[,] for projects described by Subsection (b), of which $2
million may be used only for projects described by Subsection
(b)(4). The remaining $5 million may be used for any project
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.
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