87R3049 SLB-F
By: Thompson of Brazoria H.B. No. 2136
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to marine vessel projects in the diesel emissions
reduction incentive program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 386.104(c) and (c-1), Health and Safety
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(c) Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, for a
proposed project as described by Section 386.102(b), [other than a
project involving a marine vessel or engine,] not less than 75
percent of vehicle miles traveled or hours of operation projected
for the five years immediately following the award of a grant must
be projected to take place in a nonattainment area or affected
county of this state. The commission may set the minimum percentage
of vehicle miles traveled or hours of operation required to take
place in a nonattainment area or affected county at a percentage and
for a period that is different from the percentage and period
specified by this subsection, provided that the commission may not
set the minimum percentage at a level that is less than 55 percent.
The commission may allow vehicle travel on highways and roadways,
or portions of a highway or roadway, designated by the commission
and located outside a nonattainment area or affected county to
count towards the percentage of use requirement in this subsection.
(c-1) For a proposed project involving a marine vessel or
engine, not less than 25 percent of the hours of operation projected
for the five years immediately following the award of a grant must
be projected to take place in:
(1) [the vessel or engine must be operated in the]
intercoastal waterways or bays; or
(2) the waters of the Gulf of Mexico within 15 miles of
the coast of this state [adjacent to a nonattainment area or
affected county of this state for a sufficient amount of time over
the lifetime of the project, as determined by the commission, to
meet the cost-effectiveness requirements of Section 386.105].
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.