By: Cortez H.B. No. 3413
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the Texas natural gas vehicle grant program, including
the funding of fueling stations from grants under that program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 394.010, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (d-1) to
read as follows:
(d) A station [Stations] funded by a grant [grants] under
this section must be publicly accessible unless the station is:
(1) owned or operated by a transit authority governed
by Chapter 451 or 452, Transportation Code; and
(2) located in a county that has a population of more
than one million.
(d-1) The commission shall give preference to:
(1) stations providing both liquefied natural gas and
compressed natural gas at a single location;
(2) stations located not more than one mile from an
interstate highway system; and
(3) stations located in the triangular area between
the Houston, San Antonio, and Dallas-Fort Worth areas.
SECTION 2. Section 394.012, Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 394.012. EXPIRATION. This chapter expires on the last
day of the state fiscal biennium during which the commission
publishes in the Texas Register certification that, with respect to
each national ambient air quality standard for ozone under 40
C.F.R. Section 81.344, the United States Environmental Protection
Agency has, for each designated area under that section:
(1) designated the area as attainment or
unclassifiable; or
(2) approved a redesignation substitute making a
finding of attainment for the area [August 31, 2017].
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect August 30, 2017.