Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3291 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 03/05/2019

                            86R11152 JRR-F
 By: Cortez H.B. No. 3291


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to the eligibility for grants for alternative fueling
 facilities.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Section 393.004(b), Health and Safety Code, is
 amended to read as follows:
 (b)  Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, the
 [The] prioritization criteria established under Subsection (a)
 must provide that, for each grant round, the commission may not
 award a grant to an entity that does not agree to make the
 alternative fueling facility accessible and available to the public
 at times designated by the grant contract until each eligible
 entity that does agree to those terms has been awarded a grant. The
 prohibition imposed by this subsection does not apply to a facility
 that 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.
 SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
 to a grant round that begins on or after the effective date of this
 Act. A grant round that began before the effective date of this Act
 is governed by the law in effect on the date the grant round began,
 and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
 SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.