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1		-	H.B. No. 1346
	1	+	By: Thompson of Brazoria, Zwiener H.B. No. 1346
	2	+	(Senate Sponsor - Powell)
	3	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 24, 2019;
	4	+	April 29, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on
	5	+	Natural Resources & Economic Development; May 9, 2019, reported
	6	+	adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following
	7	+	vote: Yeas 11, Nays 0; May 9, 2019, sent to printer.)
	8	+	Click here to see the committee vote
	9	+	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 1346 By: Powell
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	12	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	13		AN ACT
5	14		relating to the eligibility requirements for the diesel emissions
6	15		reduction incentive program.
7	16		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	17		SECTION 1. Section 386.104, Health and Safety Code, is
9	18		amended by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsections (c-1) and
10	19		(c-2) to read as follows:
11	20		(c) Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, for
12	21		[For] a proposed project as described by Section 386.102(b), other
13	22		than a project involving a marine vessel or engine, not less than 75
14	23		percent of vehicle miles traveled or hours of operation projected
15	24		for the five years immediately following the award of a grant must
16	25		be projected to take place in a nonattainment area or affected
17	26		county of this state. The commission may set the minimum percentage
18	27		of vehicle miles traveled or hours of operation required to take
19	28		place in a nonattainment area or affected county at a percentage and
20	29		for a period that is different from the percentage and period
21	30		specified by this subsection, provided that the commission may not
22	31		set the minimum percentage at a level that is less than 55 percent.
23	32		The commission may [also] allow vehicle travel on highways and
24	33		roadways, or portions of a highway or roadway, designated by the
25	34		commission and located outside a nonattainment area or affected
26	35		county to count towards the percentage of use requirement in this
27	36		subsection.
28	37		(c-1) For a proposed project involving a marine vessel or
29	38		engine, the vessel or engine must be operated in the intercoastal
30	39		waterways or bays adjacent to a nonattainment area or affected
31	40		county of this state for a sufficient amount of time over the
32	41		lifetime of the project, as determined by the commission, to meet
33	42		the cost-effectiveness requirements of Section 386.105.
34	43		(c-2) For a proposed project involving non-road equipment
35	44		used for natural gas recovery purposes, the equipment must be
36	45		operated in a nonattainment area or affected county for a
37	46		sufficient amount of use over the lifetime of the project, as
38	47		determined by the commission, to meet the cost-effectiveness
39	48		requirements of Section 386.105.
40	49		SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
41		-	______________________________ ______________________________
42		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
43		-	I certify that H.B. No. 1346 was passed by the House on April
44		-	24, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 4, 1 present, not
45		-	voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
46		-	No. 1346 on May 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 121, Nays 21,
47		-	2 present, not voting.
48		-	______________________________
49		-	Chief Clerk of the House
50		-	I certify that H.B. No. 1346 was passed by the Senate, with
51		-	amendments, on May 15, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays
52		-	1.
53		-	______________________________
54		-	Secretary of the Senate
55		-	APPROVED: __________________
56		-	Date
57		-	__________________
58		-	Governor
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