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1		-	H.B. No. 2361
	1	+	By: Landgraf, Reynolds (Senate Sponsor - Birdwell) H.B. No. 2361
	2	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 3, 2021;
	3	+	May 10, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural
	4	+	Resources & Economic Development; May 21, 2021, reported favorably
	5	+	by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 21, 2021, sent to
	6	+	printer.)
	7	+	Click here to see the committee vote
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	10	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	11		AN ACT
5	12		relating to the new technology implementation grant program
6	13		administered by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
7	14		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	15		SECTION 1. Section 391.002(b), Health and Safety Code, is
9	16		amended to read as follows:
10	17		(b) Projects that may be considered for a grant under the
11	18		program include:
12	19		(1) advanced clean energy projects, as defined by
13	20		Section 382.003;
14	21		(2) new technology projects that reduce emissions of
15	22		regulated pollutants from stationary sources;
16	23		(3) new technology projects that reduce emissions from
17	24		upstream and midstream oil and gas production, completions,
18	25		gathering, storage, processing, and transmission activities
19	26		through:
20	27		(A) the replacement, repower, or retrofit of
21	28		stationary compressor engines;
22	29		(B) the installation of systems to reduce or
23	30		eliminate the loss of gas, flaring of gas, or burning of gas using
24	31		other combustion control devices; or
25	32		(C) the installation of systems that reduce
26	33		flaring emissions and other site emissions [by capturing waste heat
27	34		to generate electricity solely for on-site service]; and
28	35		(4) electricity storage projects related to renewable
29	36		energy, including projects to store electricity produced from wind
30	37		and solar generation that provide efficient means of making the
31	38		stored energy available during periods of peak energy use.
32	39		SECTION 2. Section 391.205(a), Health and Safety Code, is
33	40		amended to read as follows:
34	41		(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), in awarding grants
35	42		under this chapter the commission shall give preference to projects
36	43		that:
37	44		(1) involve the transport, use, recovery for use, or
38	45		prevention of the loss of natural resources originating or produced
39	46		in this state;
40	47		(2) contain an energy efficiency component;
41	48		(3) include the use of solar, wind, or other renewable
42	49		energy sources; [or]
43	50		(4) recover waste heat from the combustion of natural
44	51		resources and use the heat to generate electricity; or
45	52		(5) reduce flaring emissions and other site emissions.
46	53		SECTION 3. Section 391.301, Health and Safety Code, is
47	54		amended to read as follows:
48	55		Sec. 391.301. RESTRICTION ON USE OF GRANT. A recipient of a
49	56		grant under this chapter must use the grant to pay the incremental
50	57		costs of the purchase, lease, or [and] installation of the project
51	58		for which the grant is made, which may include reasonable and
52	59		necessary expenses for the labor needed to install
53	60		emissions-reducing equipment. The recipient may [not] use the
54	61		grant for the costs of operating and maintaining the
55	62		emissions-reducing equipment.
56	63		SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
57	64		a Texas emissions reduction plan grant awarded on or after the
58	65		effective date of this Act. A grant awarded before the effective
59	66		date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the
60	67		award was made, and the former law is continued in effect for that
61	68		purpose.
62	69		SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
63		-	______________________________ ______________________________
64		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
65		-	I certify that H.B. No. 2361 was passed by the House on April
66		-	30, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 121, Nays 20, 2 present, not
67		-	voting.
68		-	______________________________
69		-	Chief Clerk of the House
70		-	I certify that H.B. No. 2361 was passed by the Senate on May
71		-	22, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.
72		-	______________________________
73		-	Secretary of the Senate
74		-	APPROVED: _____________________
75		-	Date
76		-	_____________________
77		-	Governor
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