Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

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1	1	85R8345 JRR-D
2	2	By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 768
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the Texas emissions reduction plan, including the
8	8	eligibility for grants for natural gas fueling stations under the
9	9	Texas natural gas vehicle grant program.
10	10	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. Section 386.002, Health and Safety Code, is
12	12	amended to read as follows:
13	13	Sec. 386.002. EXPIRATION. This chapter expires on the last
14	14	day of the state fiscal biennium during which the commission
15	15	publishes in the Texas Register certification that, with respect to
16	16	each national ambient air quality standard for ozone under 40
17	17	C.F.R. Section 81.344, the United States Environmental Protection
18	18	Agency has, for each designated area under that section:
19	19	(1) designated the area as attainment or
20	20	unclassifiable; or
21	21	(2) approved a redesignation substitute making a
22	22	finding of attainment for the area [August 31, 2019].
23	23	SECTION 2. Section 390.006, Health and Safety Code, is
24	24	amended to read as follows:
25	25	Sec. 390.006. EXPIRATION. This chapter expires on the last
26	26	day of the state fiscal biennium during which the commission
27	27	publishes in the Texas Register certification that, with respect to
28	28	each national ambient air quality standard for ozone under 40
29	29	C.F.R. Section 81.344, the United States Environmental Protection
30	30	Agency has, for each designated area under that section:
31	31	(1) designated the area as attainment or
32	32	unclassifiable; or
33	33	(2) approved a redesignation substitute making a
34	34	finding of attainment for the area [August 31, 2019].
35	35	SECTION 3. Section 391.304, Health and Safety Code, is
36	36	amended to read as follows:
37	37	Sec. 391.304. EXPIRATION. This chapter expires on the last
38	38	day of the state fiscal biennium during which the commission
39	39	publishes in the Texas Register certification that, with respect to
40	40	each national ambient air quality standard for ozone under 40
41	41	C.F.R. Section 81.344, the United States Environmental Protection
42	42	Agency has, for each designated area under that section:
43	43	(1) designated the area as attainment or
44	44	unclassifiable; or
45	45	(2) approved a redesignation substitute making a
46	46	finding of attainment for the area [August 31, 2019].
47	47	SECTION 4. Section 392.008, Health and Safety Code, is
48	48	amended to read as follows:
49	49	Sec. 392.008. EXPIRATION. This chapter expires on the last
50	50	day of the state fiscal biennium during which the commission
51	51	publishes in the Texas Register certification that, with respect to
52	52	each national ambient air quality standard for ozone under 40
53	53	C.F.R. Section 81.344, the United States Environmental Protection
54	54	Agency has, for each designated area under that section:
55	55	(1) designated the area as attainment or
56	56	unclassifiable; or
57	57	(2) approved a redesignation substitute making a
58	58	finding of attainment for the area [August 31, 2017].
59	59	SECTION 5. Section 393.007, Health and Safety Code, is
60	60	amended to read as follows:
61	61	Sec. 393.007. EXPIRATION. This chapter expires on the last
62	62	day of the state fiscal biennium during which the commission
63	63	publishes in the Texas Register certification that, with respect to
64	64	each national ambient air quality standard for ozone under 40
65	65	C.F.R. Section 81.344, the United States Environmental Protection
66	66	Agency has, for each designated area under that section:
67	67	(1) designated the area as attainment or
68	68	unclassifiable; or
69	69	(2) approved a redesignation substitute making a
70	70	finding of attainment for the area [August 31, 2018].
71	71	SECTION 6. Section 394.005(c), Health and Safety Code, is
72	72	amended to read as follows:
73	73	(c) As a condition of receiving a grant, the qualifying
74	74	vehicle must be continuously owned, leased, or otherwise
75	75	commercially financed and registered and operated in the state by
76	76	the grant recipient until the earlier of the fourth anniversary of
77	77	the date of reimbursement of the grant-funded expenses or until the
78	78	date the vehicle has been in operation for 400,000 miles after the
79	79	date of reimbursement. Not less than 75 percent of the annual use
80	80	of the qualifying vehicle, either mileage or fuel use as determined
81	81	by the commission, must occur in:
82	82	(1) the counties any part of which are included in the
83	83	areas [area] described by Section 394.010(a-1) [394.010(a)]; or
84	84	(2) counties designated as nonattainment areas within
85	85	the meaning of Section 107(d) of the federal Clean Air Act (42
86	86	U.S.C. Section 7407).
87	87	SECTION 7. The heading to Section 394.010, Health and
88	88	Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:
89	89	Sec. 394.010. CLEAN TRANSPORTATION TRIANGLES [TRIANGLE].
90	90	SECTION 8. Section 394.010, Health and Safety Code, is
91	91	amended by amending Subsections (a) and (d) and adding Subsections
92	92	(a-1) and (a-2) to read as follows:
93	93	(a) In this section, "affected county" has the meaning
94	94	assigned by Section 386.001.
95	95	(a-1) To ensure that natural gas vehicles purchased,
96	96	leased, or otherwise commercially financed or repowered under the
97	97	program have access to fuel, and to build the foundation for a
98	98	self-sustaining market for natural gas vehicles in Texas, the
99	99	commission shall award grants to support the development of a
100	100	network of natural gas vehicle fueling stations:
101	101	(1) along the interstate highways connecting Houston,
102	102	San Antonio, Dallas, and Fort Worth;
103	103	(2) along the interstate highways connecting San
104	104	Antonio to Corpus Christi and Laredo and the highways connecting
105	105	Corpus Christi and Laredo that are in the state highway system; [,]
106	106	and
107	107	(3) in nonattainment areas and affected counties of
108	108	the state.
109	109	(a-2) In awarding the grants, the commission shall provide
110	110	for:
111	111	(1) strategically placed natural gas vehicle fueling
112	112	stations:
113	113	(A) in and between the Houston, San Antonio, and
114	114	Dallas-Fort Worth areas to enable a natural gas vehicle to travel in
115	115	that triangular area relying solely on natural gas fuel;
116	116	(B) in and between the Corpus Christi, Laredo,
117	117	and San Antonio areas to enable a natural gas vehicle to travel in
118	118	that triangular area relying solely on natural gas fuel; [,] and
119	119	(C) in nonattainment areas and affected counties
120	120	of the state, to enable a natural gas vehicle to travel in those
121	121	areas relying solely on natural gas fuel;
122	122	(2) the grants to be dispersed through a competitive
123	123	bidding process to offset a portion of the cost of installation of
124	124	the natural gas dispensing equipment;
125	125	(3) contracts that require the recipient stations to
126	126	meet operational, maintenance, and reporting requirements as
127	127	specified by the commission; and
128	128	(4) a listing, to be maintained by the commission and
129	129	made available to the public online, of all natural gas vehicle
130	130	fueling stations that have received grant funding, including
131	131	location and hours of operation.
132	132	(d) Stations funded by grants under this section must be
133	133	publicly accessible. In awarding grants for stations under this
134	134	section, the [The] commission shall give preference to:
135	135	(1) stations providing both liquefied natural gas and
136	136	compressed natural gas at a single location;
137	137	(2) stations located not more than one mile from an
138	138	interstate highway [system]; and
139	139	(3) stations located in the triangular areas described
140	140	by Subsections (a-2)(1)(A) and (B) [area between the Houston, San
141	141	Antonio, and Dallas-Fort Worth areas].
142	142	SECTION 9. Section 394.012, Health and Safety Code, is
143	143	amended to read as follows:
144	144	Sec. 394.012. EXPIRATION. This chapter expires on the last
145	145	day of the state fiscal biennium during which the commission
146	146	publishes in the Texas Register certification that, with respect to
147	147	each national ambient air quality standard for ozone under 40
148	148	C.F.R. Section 81.344, the United States Environmental Protection
149	149	Agency has, for each designated area under that section:
150	150	(1) designated the area as attainment or
151	151	unclassifiable; or
152	152	(2) approved a redesignation substitute making a
153	153	finding of attainment for the area [August 31, 2017].
154	154	SECTION 10. This Act takes effect August 30, 2017, but only
155	155	if S.B. 26, or similar legislation of the 85th Legislature, Regular
156	156	Session, 2017, that changes the expiration dates for the Texas
157	157	emissions reduction plan and certain programs funded under that
158	158	plan and transfers provisions governing grants for natural gas
159	159	vehicle fueling facilities along interstate highways connecting
160	160	Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, and Fort Worth and in nonattainment
161	161	areas from the Texas natural gas vehicle grant program under
162	162	Chapter 394, Health and Safety Code, to the Texas alternative
163	163	fueling facility program under Chapter 393, Health and Safety Code,
164	164	does not become law. If such a bill becomes law, this Act has no
165	165	effect.