Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

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1	1	88R8124 JRR-D
2	2	By: Lozano H.B. No. 2222
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to certain eligibility requirements for grants under the
8	8	Texas natural gas vehicle grant program.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Sections 394.005(b) and (c), Health and Safety
11	11	Code, are amended to read as follows:
12	12	(b) To be eligible for a grant under the program:
13	13	(1) the use of the qualifying vehicle must be
14	14	projected to result in a reduction in emissions of nitrogen oxides
15	15	of at least 25 percent as compared to the motor vehicle or engine
16	16	being replaced, based on:
17	17	(A) the baseline emission level set by the
18	18	commission under Subsection (g); and
19	19	(B) the certified emission rate of the qualifying
20	20	vehicle; and
21	21	(2) the qualifying vehicle must:
22	22	(A) replace a heavy-duty or medium-duty motor
23	23	vehicle that:
24	24	(i) is an on-road vehicle that has been
25	25	owned, leased, or otherwise commercially financed and registered
26	26	and operated by the applicant in Texas for at least the two years
27	27	immediately preceding the submission of a grant application;
28	28	(ii) satisfies any minimum average annual
29	29	mileage or fuel usage requirements established by the commission;
30	30	(iii) satisfies any minimum percentage of
31	31	annual usage requirements established by the commission; and
32	32	(iv) is in operating condition and has at
33	33	least two years of remaining useful life, as determined in
34	34	accordance with criteria established by the commission;
35	35	(B) replace a heavy-duty or medium-duty motor
36	36	vehicle that:
37	37	(i) is owned by the applicant;
38	38	(ii) is an on-road vehicle that has been:
39	39	(a) owned, leased, or otherwise
40	40	commercially financed and operated in Texas as a fleet vehicle for
41	41	at least the two years immediately preceding the submission of a
42	42	grant application; and
43	43	(b) registered in Texas [a county
44	44	located in the clean transportation zone] for at least the two years
45	45	immediately preceding the submission of a grant application; and
46	46	(iii) otherwise satisfies the mileage,
47	47	usage, and useful life requirements established under Paragraph (A)
48	48	as determined by documentation associated with the vehicle; or
49	49	(C) be a heavy-duty or medium-duty motor vehicle
50	50	repowered with a natural gas engine that:
51	51	(i) is installed in an on-road vehicle that
52	52	has been owned, leased, or otherwise commercially financed and
53	53	registered and operated by the applicant in Texas for at least the
54	54	two years immediately preceding the submission of a grant
55	55	application;
56	56	(ii) satisfies any minimum average annual
57	57	mileage or fuel usage requirements established by the commission;
58	58	(iii) satisfies any minimum percentage of
59	59	annual usage requirements established by the commission; and
60	60	(iv) is installed in an on-road vehicle
61	61	that, at the time of the vehicle's repowering, was in operating
62	62	condition and had at least two years of remaining useful life, as
63	63	determined in accordance with criteria established by the
64	64	commission.
65	65	(c) As a condition of receiving a grant, the qualifying
66	66	vehicle must be continuously owned, leased, or otherwise
67	67	commercially financed and registered and operated in the state by
68	68	the grant recipient until the earlier of the fourth anniversary of
69	69	the activity start date established by the commission or the date
70	70	the vehicle has been in operation for 400,000 miles after the
71	71	activity start date established by the commission. [Not less than
72	72	75 percent of the annual use of the qualifying vehicle, either
73	73	mileage or fuel use as determined by the commission, must occur in
74	74	the clean transportation zone.]
75	75	SECTION 2. Section 394.001(1-a), Health and Safety Code, is
76	76	repealed.
77	77	SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only
78	78	to a grant awarded on or after the effective date of this Act. A
79	79	grant awarded before the effective date of this Act is governed by
80	80	the law in effect on the date the award was made, and the former law
81	81	is continued in effect for that purpose.
82	82	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.