Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

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1	1	87R5594 JRR-D
2	2	By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 645
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the Texas natural gas vehicle grant program.
8	8	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	9	SECTION 1. Section 394.003, Health and Safety Code, is
10	10	amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to
11	11	read as follows:
12	12	(a) A vehicle is a qualifying vehicle that may be considered
13	13	for a grant under the program if during the eligibility period
14	14	established by the commission the entity:
15	15	(1) purchased, leased, or otherwise commercially
16	16	financed the vehicle as an [a new] on-road heavy-duty or
17	17	medium-duty motor vehicle that:
18	18	(A) is a new natural gas vehicle or, subject to
19	19	Subsection (c), a used natural gas vehicle;
20	20	(B) is certified to the appropriate current
21	21	federal emissions standards as determined by the commission; and
22	22	(C) replaces an on-road heavy-duty or
23	23	medium-duty motor vehicle of the same weight classification and
24	24	use; or
25	25	(2) repowered the on-road motor vehicle to a natural
26	26	gas vehicle powered by a natural gas engine that is certified to the
27	27	appropriate current federal emissions standards as determined by
28	28	the commission.
29	29	(c) A used natural gas vehicle that is proposed to replace
30	30	an on-road heavy-duty or medium-duty motor vehicle must be of model
31	31	year 2017 or later, provided that the model year may not be more
32	32	than six years older than the current model year at the time of the
33	33	submission of the grant application.
34	34	SECTION 2. Section 394.005(b), Health and Safety Code, is
35	35	amended to read as follows:
36	36	(b) To be eligible for a grant under the program:
37	37	(1) the use of the qualifying vehicle must be
38	38	projected to result in a reduction in emissions of nitrogen oxides
39	39	of at least 25 percent as compared to the motor vehicle or engine
40	40	being replaced, based on:
41	41	(A) the baseline emission level set by the
42	42	commission under Subsection (g); and
43	43	(B) the certified emission rate of the qualifying
44	44	[new] vehicle; and
45	45	(2) the qualifying vehicle must:
46	46	(A) replace a heavy-duty or medium-duty motor
47	47	vehicle that:
48	48	(i) is an on-road vehicle that has been
49	49	owned, leased, or otherwise commercially financed and registered
50	50	and operated by the applicant in Texas for at least the two years
51	51	immediately preceding the submission of a grant application;
52	52	(ii) satisfies any minimum average annual
53	53	mileage or fuel usage requirements established by the commission;
54	54	(iii) satisfies any minimum percentage of
55	55	annual usage requirements established by the commission; and
56	56	(iv) is in operating condition and has at
57	57	least two years of remaining useful life, as determined in
58	58	accordance with criteria established by the commission;
59	59	(B) replace a heavy-duty or medium-duty motor
60	60	vehicle that:
61	61	(i) is owned by the applicant;
62	62	(ii) is an on-road vehicle that has been:
63	63	(a) owned, leased, or otherwise
64	64	commercially financed and operated in Texas as a fleet vehicle for
65	65	at least the two years immediately preceding the submission of a
66	66	grant application; and
67	67	(b) registered in a county located in
68	68	the clean transportation zone for at least the two years
69	69	immediately preceding the submission of a grant application; and
70	70	(iii) otherwise satisfies the mileage,
71	71	usage, and useful life requirements established under Paragraph (A)
72	72	as determined by documentation associated with the vehicle; or
73	73	(C) be a heavy-duty or medium-duty motor vehicle
74	74	repowered with a natural gas engine that:
75	75	(i) is installed in an on-road vehicle that
76	76	has been owned, leased, or otherwise commercially financed and
77	77	registered and operated by the applicant in Texas for at least the
78	78	two years immediately preceding the submission of a grant
79	79	application;
80	80	(ii) satisfies any minimum average annual
81	81	mileage or fuel usage requirements established by the commission;
82	82	(iii) satisfies any minimum percentage of
83	83	annual usage requirements established by the commission; and
84	84	(iv) is installed in an on-road vehicle
85	85	that, at the time of the vehicle's repowering, was in operating
86	86	condition and had at least two years of remaining useful life, as
87	87	determined in accordance with criteria established by the
88	88	commission.
89	89	SECTION 3. Section 394.007, Health and Safety Code, is
90	90	amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
91	91	(a-1) A grant awarded under this chapter for a qualifying
92	92	vehicle that is a used natural gas vehicle may not be less than 80
93	93	percent of the incremental cost of the vehicle purchase, lease, or
94	94	other commercial finance.
95	95	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.