| 1 | 1 | | 89R2245 JRR-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Cortez H.B. No. 205 |
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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 eligibility for grants for alternative fueling |
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| 10 | 10 | | facilities. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Section 393.004(b), Health and Safety Code, is |
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| 13 | 13 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (b) Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, the |
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| 15 | 15 | | [The] prioritization criteria established under Subsection (a) |
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| 16 | 16 | | must provide that, for each grant round, the commission may not |
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| 17 | 17 | | award a grant to an entity that does not agree to make the |
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| 18 | 18 | | alternative fueling facility accessible and available to the public |
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| 19 | 19 | | at times designated by the grant contract until each eligible |
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| 20 | 20 | | entity that does agree to those terms has been awarded a grant. The |
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| 21 | 21 | | prohibition imposed by this subsection does not apply to a facility |
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| 22 | 22 | | that is: |
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| 23 | 23 | | (1) owned or operated by a transit authority governed |
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| 24 | 24 | | by Chapter 451 or 452, Transportation Code; |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2) located in a county that has a population of more |
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| 26 | 26 | | than one million; and |
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| 27 | 27 | | (3) located in a nonattainment area or an affected |
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| 28 | 28 | | county, as those terms are defined by Section 386.001. |
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| 29 | 29 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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| 30 | 30 | | to a grant round that begins on or after the effective date of this |
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| 31 | 31 | | Act. A grant round that began before the effective date of this Act |
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| 32 | 32 | | is governed by the law in effect on the date the grant round began, |
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| 33 | 33 | | and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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| 34 | 34 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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