Texas 2015 - 84th Regular

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1	1	84R5993 JXC-D
2	2	By: Leach H.B. No. 1030
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to money used by counties for the low-income vehicle
8	8	repair assistance, retrofit, and accelerated vehicle retirement
9	9	program and local initiative air quality projects.
10	10	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. Section 403.071(b), Government Code, is amended
12	12	to read as follows:
13	13	(b) A claim may not be paid from an appropriation unless the
14	14	claim is presented to the comptroller for payment not later than two
15	15	years after the end of the fiscal year for which the appropriation
16	16	was made. However, a claim may be presented not later than four
17	17	years after the end of the fiscal year for which the appropriation
18	18	from which the claim is to be paid was made if the appropriation
19	19	relates to new construction contracts, to funding for local
20	20	initiative projects described by Section 382.220, Health and Safety
21	21	Code, that involve construction, to grants awarded under Chapter
22	22	391, Health and Safety Code, or to repair and remodeling projects
23	23	that exceed the amount of $20,000, including furniture and other
24	24	equipment, architects' and engineering fees, and other costs
25	25	related to the contracts or projects.
26	26	SECTION 2. Section 382.202(g), Health and Safety Code, is
27	27	amended to read as follows:
28	28	(g) The commission shall:
29	29	(1) use part of the fee collected under Subsection (e)
30	30	to fund low-income vehicle repair assistance, retrofit, and
31	31	accelerated vehicle retirement programs created under Section
32	32	382.209; and
33	33	(2) [to the extent practicable,] distribute available
34	34	funding created under Subsection (e) among [to] participating
35	35	counties so that each participating county receives 90 percent of
36	36	the revenue derived from fees collected in the county [in
37	37	reasonable proportion to the amount of fees collected] under
38	38	Subsection (e) [in those counties or in the regions in which those
39	39	counties are located].
40	40	SECTION 3. Section 382.220, Health and Safety Code, is
41	41	amended by amending Subsections (b) and (d), as effective March 1,
42	42	2015, and adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
43	43	(b) A program under this section must be implemented in
44	44	consultation with the commission and may include a program to:
45	45	(1) expand and enhance the AirCheck Texas Repair and
46	46	Replacement Assistance Program;
47	47	(2) develop and implement programs or systems that
48	48	remotely determine vehicle emissions and notify the vehicle's
49	49	operator;
50	50	(3) develop and implement projects to implement the
51	51	commission's smoking vehicle program;
52	52	(4) develop and implement projects in consultation
53	53	with the director of the Department of Public Safety for
54	54	coordinating with local law enforcement officials to reduce the use
55	55	of counterfeit registration insignia and vehicle inspection
56	56	reports by providing local law enforcement officials with funds to
57	57	identify vehicles with counterfeit registration insignia and
58	58	vehicle inspection reports and to carry out appropriate actions;
59	59	(5) develop and implement programs to enhance
60	60	transportation system improvements, including improvements meant
61	61	to reduce congestion on existing roads, but not including toll
62	62	projects; or
63	63	(6) develop and implement new air control strategies
64	64	designed to assist local areas in complying with state and federal
65	65	air quality rules and regulations.
66	66	(d) Fees collected under Sections 382.202 and 382.302 and
67	67	distributed to a county under Section 382.209 may be used [in an
68	68	amount not to exceed $7 million per fiscal year] for projects
69	69	described by Subsection (b). Only a county [, of which $2 million
70	70	may be used only for projects described by Subsection (b)(4). The
71	71	remaining $5 million may be used for any project described by
72	72	Subsection (b). The fees shall be made available only to counties]
73	73	participating in a program [the low-income vehicle repair
74	74	assistance, retrofit, and accelerated vehicle retirement programs]
75	75	created under Section 382.209 may receive money to implement a
76	76	project described by Subsection (b) [and only on a matching basis,
77	77	whereby the commission provides money to a county in the same amount
78	78	that the county dedicates to a project authorized by Subsection
79	79	(b). The commission may reduce the match requirement for a county
80	80	that proposes to develop and implement independent test facility
81	81	fraud detection programs, including the use of remote sensing
82	82	technology for coordinating with law enforcement officials to
83	83	detect, prevent, and prosecute the use of counterfeit registration
84	84	insignia and vehicle inspection reports]. A county that receives
85	85	money for a project under this section may allocate money to
86	86	programs under Section 382.209 and this section at the discretion
87	87	of the county.
88	88	(e) Money used to implement a program under this section
89	89	that involves construction for a fiscal year may be distributed to a
90	90	county to be used for a program under this section in subsequent
91	91	fiscal years if the money has been made available to the county and
92	92	has been treated as a binding encumbrance by the commission before
93	93	the end of the appropriation year of the money appropriated for
94	94	those purposes. Distribution of the money is subject to Section
95	95	403.071, Government Code.
96	96	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.