By: Thompson of Brazoria H.B. No. 2136
(Senate Sponsor - Alvarado)
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 5, 2021;
May 10, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural
Resources & Economic Development; May 21, 2021, reported favorably
by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 21, 2021, sent to
printer.)
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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, the vessel or engine must be operated in the intercoastal
waterways or bays adjacent to a nonattainment area or affected
county of this state for a sufficient percentage [amount] of time
over the lifetime of the project, as determined by the commission,
to meet the cost-effectiveness requirements of Section 386.105.
The percentage determined by the commission under this subsection
may not be less than 55 percent.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
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