Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB765 Compare Versions

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1	1	86R9311 MP-F
2	2	By: Menéndez S.B. No. 765
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to programs that can be established and funded under the
8	8	Texas emissions reduction plan.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Section 386.051(b), Health and Safety Code, is
11	11	amended to read as follows:
12	12	(b) Under the plan, the commission and the comptroller shall
13	13	provide grants or other funding for:
14	14	(1) the diesel emissions reduction incentive program
15	15	established under Subchapter C, including for infrastructure
16	16	projects established under that subchapter;
17	17	(2) the motor vehicle purchase or lease incentive
18	18	program established under Subchapter D;
19	19	(3) the air quality research support program
20	20	established under Chapter 387;
21	21	(4) the clean school bus program established under
22	22	Chapter 390;
23	23	(5) the new technology implementation grant program
24	24	established under Chapter 391;
25	25	(6) the regional air monitoring program established
26	26	under Section 386.252(a);
27	27	(7) a health effects study as provided by Section
28	28	386.252(a);
29	29	(8) air quality planning activities as provided by
30	30	Section 386.252(d);
31	31	(9) a contract with the Energy Systems Laboratory at
32	32	the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station for computation of
33	33	creditable statewide emissions reductions as provided by Section
34	34	386.252(a);
35	35	(10) the clean fleet program established under Chapter
36	36	392;
37	37	(11) the alternative fueling facilities program
38	38	established under Chapter 393;
39	39	(12) the natural gas vehicle grant program established
40	40	under Chapter 394;
41	41	(13) other programs the commission may develop that
42	42	lead to reduced emissions of nitrogen oxides, particulate matter,
43	43	or volatile organic compounds in a nonattainment area or affected
44	44	county;
45	45	(14) other programs the commission may develop that
46	46	support congestion mitigation to reduce mobile source ozone
47	47	precursor emissions;
48	48	(15) the seaport and rail yard areas emissions
49	49	reduction program established under Subchapter D-1;
50	50	(16) conducting research and other activities
51	51	associated with making any necessary demonstrations to the United
52	52	States Environmental Protection Agency to account for the impact of
53	53	foreign emissions or an exceptional event;
54	54	(17) studies of or pilot programs for incentives for
55	55	port authorities located in nonattainment areas or affected
56	56	counties as provided by Section 386.252(a); [and]
57	57	(18) the governmental alternative fuel fleet grant
58	58	program established under Chapter 395; and
59	59	(19) projects that reduce emissions through
60	60	improvements in energy production efficiency using supercritical
61	61	carbon dioxide.
62	62	SECTION 2. Section 386.252(a), Health and Safety Code, is
63	63	amended to read as follows:
64	64	(a) Money in the fund may be used only to implement and
65	65	administer programs established under the plan. Subject to the
66	66	reallocation of funds by the commission under Subsection (h), money
67	67	appropriated to the commission to be used for the programs under
68	68	Section 386.051(b) shall initially be allocated as follows:
69	69	(1) four percent may be used for the clean school bus
70	70	program under Chapter 390;
71	71	(2) three percent may be used for the new technology
72	72	implementation grant program under Chapter 391, from which at least
73	73	$1 million will be set aside for electricity storage projects
74	74	related to renewable energy;
75	75	(3) five percent may be used for the clean fleet
76	76	program under Chapter 392;
77	77	(4) not more than $3 million may be used by the
78	78	commission to fund a regional air monitoring program in commission
79	79	Regions 3 and 4 to be implemented under the commission's oversight,
80	80	including direction regarding the type, number, location, and
81	81	operation of, and data validation practices for, monitors funded by
82	82	the program through a regional nonprofit entity located in North
83	83	Texas having representation from counties, municipalities, higher
84	84	education institutions, and private sector interests across the
85	85	area;
86	86	(5) 10 percent may be used for the Texas natural gas
87	87	vehicle grant program under Chapter 394;
88	88	(6) not more than $6 million may be used for the Texas
89	89	alternative fueling facilities program under Chapter 393, of which
90	90	a specified amount may be used for fueling stations to provide
91	91	natural gas fuel, except that money may not be allocated for the
92	92	Texas alternative fueling facilities program for the state fiscal
93	93	year ending August 31, 2019;
94	94	(7) not more than $750,000 may be used each year to
95	95	support research related to air quality as provided by Chapter 387;
96	96	(8) not more than $200,000 may be used for a health
97	97	effects study;
98	98	(9) at least $6 million but not more than $8 million is
99	99	allocated to the commission for administrative costs, including all
100	100	direct and indirect costs for administering the plan, costs for
101	101	conducting outreach and education activities, and costs
102	102	attributable to the review or approval of applications for
103	103	marketable emissions reduction credits;
104	104	(10) six percent may be used by the commission for the
105	105	seaport and rail yard areas emissions reduction program established
106	106	under Subchapter D-1;
107	107	(11) five percent may be used for the light-duty motor
108	108	vehicle purchase or lease incentive program established under
109	109	Subchapter D;
110	110	(12) not more than $216,000 is allocated to the
111	111	commission to contract with the Energy Systems Laboratory at the
112	112	Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station annually for the
113	113	development and annual computation of creditable statewide
114	114	emissions reductions obtained through wind and other renewable
115	115	energy resources for the state implementation plan;
116	116	(13) not more than $500,000 may be used for studies of
117	117	or pilot programs for incentives for port authorities located in
118	118	nonattainment areas or affected counties to encourage cargo
119	119	movement that reduces emissions of nitrogen oxides and particulate
120	120	matter; and
121	121	(14) the balance is to be used by the commission for:
122	122	(A) the diesel emissions reduction incentive
123	123	program under Subchapter C as determined by the commission; and
124	124	(B) projects that reduce emissions through
125	125	improvements in energy production efficiency using supercritical
126	126	carbon dioxide.
127	127	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
128	128	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
129	129	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
130	130	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
131	131	Act takes effect September 1, 2019.