83R8098 JAM-D
By: Burnam H.B. No. 3602
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the allocation of certain money in the Texas emissions
reduction plan fund to fund the energy efficiency grant program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 386.051(b) and (c), Health and Safety
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(b) Under the plan, the commission and the comptroller shall
provide grants or other funding for:
(1) the diesel emissions reduction incentive program
established under Subchapter C, including for infrastructure
projects established under that subchapter;
(2) the motor vehicle purchase or lease incentive
program established under Subchapter D;
(3) the air quality research support program
established under Chapter 387;
(4) the clean school bus program established under
Chapter 390;
(5) the new technology implementation grant program
established under Chapter 391;
(6) the regional air monitoring program established
under Section 386.252(a) [386.252(a)(5)];
(7) a health effects study as provided by Section
386.252(a) [386.252(a)(7)];
(8) air quality planning activities as provided by
Section 386.252(a) [386.252(a)(8)]; [and]
(9) the energy efficiency grant program established
under Subchapter E; and
(10) a contract with the Energy Systems Laboratory at
the Texas Engineering Experiment Station for computation of
creditable statewide emissions reductions as provided by Section
386.252(a) [386.252(a)(9)].
(c) Under the plan, the utility commission shall provide
grants or other funding in addition to the funding provided by
Subsection (b)(9) and Section 386.252(a) for the energy efficiency
grant program established under Subchapter E.
SECTION 2. Section 386.203, Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 386.203. ADMINISTRATION OF GRANTS. Money allocated by
the commission, comptroller, or utility commission under the grant
program developed under this subchapter shall be administered by
electric utilities, electric cooperatives, and municipally owned
utilities. A participating electric utility, electric
cooperative, or municipally owned utility shall be reimbursed from
the fund for costs incurred by the utility in administering the
energy efficiency grant program established under this subchapter.
Reimbursable administrative costs of a participating entity may not
exceed 10 percent of the entity's total program budget before
January 1, 2003, and may not exceed five percent of the entity's
total program budget on or after that date.
SECTION 3. Section 386.252, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
(a-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), 7.5 percent of the
money in the fund that is allocated for the diesel emissions
reduction program shall be used for the energy efficiency grant
program.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.