| 1 | 1 | | 89R1423 DRS-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Hernandez H.B. No. 1361 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to the distribution of funds designated for the low-income |
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| 10 | 10 | | vehicle repair assistance, retrofit, and accelerated vehicle |
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| 11 | 11 | | retirement program. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 382, Health and Safety |
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| 14 | 14 | | Code, is amended by adding Section 382.221 to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | Sec. 382.221. DISTRIBUTION OF LOW-INCOME VEHICLE REPAIR |
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| 16 | 16 | | ASSISTANCE, RETROFIT, AND ACCELERATED VEHICLE RETIREMENT PROGRAM |
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| 17 | 17 | | FUNDS. (a) This section applies only to a county that: |
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| 18 | 18 | | (1) is or was a participating county; and |
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| 19 | 19 | | (2) has remitted to the state fees collected for the |
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| 20 | 20 | | low-income vehicle repair assistance, retrofit, and accelerated |
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| 21 | 21 | | vehicle retirement program. |
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| 22 | 22 | | (b) Notwithstanding Sections 382.202(g), 382.209, and |
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| 23 | 23 | | 382.220, not later than January 1, 2026, the commission shall |
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| 24 | 24 | | distribute to the counties described by Subsection (a) all |
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| 25 | 25 | | available money collected before September 1, 2025, under Section |
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| 26 | 26 | | 382.202(e) or 382.302 that was designated for the low-income |
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| 27 | 27 | | vehicle repair assistance, retrofit, and accelerated vehicle |
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| 28 | 28 | | retirement program and is appropriated by the legislature for the |
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| 29 | 29 | | purposes described by this subsection. |
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| 30 | 30 | | (c) The commission shall distribute the money in reasonable |
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| 31 | 31 | | proportion to the amount of fees collected under Section 382.202(e) |
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| 32 | 32 | | or 382.302 in those counties or in the regions in which those |
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| 33 | 33 | | counties are located. |
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| 34 | 34 | | (d) A county that receives money under this section may use |
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| 35 | 35 | | the money only to fund a program authorized by Section 382.220(b). |
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| 36 | 36 | | (e) This section expires September 1, 2029. |
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| 37 | 37 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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