H.B. No. 2361
AN ACT
relating to the new technology implementation grant program
administered by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 391.002(b), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) Projects that may be considered for a grant under the
program include:
(1) advanced clean energy projects, as defined by
Section 382.003;
(2) new technology projects that reduce emissions of
regulated pollutants from stationary sources;
(3) new technology projects that reduce emissions from
upstream and midstream oil and gas production, completions,
gathering, storage, processing, and transmission activities
through:
(A) the replacement, repower, or retrofit of
stationary compressor engines;
(B) the installation of systems to reduce or
eliminate the loss of gas, flaring of gas, or burning of gas using
other combustion control devices; or
(C) the installation of systems that reduce
flaring emissions and other site emissions [by capturing waste heat
to generate electricity solely for on-site service]; and
(4) electricity storage projects related to renewable
energy, including projects to store electricity produced from wind
and solar generation that provide efficient means of making the
stored energy available during periods of peak energy use.
SECTION 2. Section 391.205(a), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), in awarding grants
under this chapter the commission shall give preference to projects
that:
(1) involve the transport, use, recovery for use, or
prevention of the loss of natural resources originating or produced
in this state;
(2) contain an energy efficiency component;
(3) include the use of solar, wind, or other renewable
energy sources; [or]
(4) recover waste heat from the combustion of natural
resources and use the heat to generate electricity; or
(5) reduce flaring emissions and other site emissions.
SECTION 3. Section 391.301, Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 391.301. RESTRICTION ON USE OF GRANT. A recipient of a
grant under this chapter must use the grant to pay the incremental
costs of the purchase, lease, or [and] installation of the project
for which the grant is made, which may include reasonable and
necessary expenses for the labor needed to install
emissions-reducing equipment. The recipient may [not] use the
grant for the costs of operating and maintaining the
emissions-reducing equipment.
SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
a Texas emissions reduction plan grant awarded on or after the
effective date of this Act. A grant awarded before the effective
date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the
award was made, and the former law is continued in effect for that
purpose.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2361 was passed by the House on April
30, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 121, Nays 20, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2361 was passed by the Senate on May
22, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor