89R9572 JRR-D By: Shofner H.B. No. 2179 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the addition of certain counties to the Texas Emissions Reduction Plan. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 386.001(2), Health and Safety Code, is amended to read as follows: (2) "Affected county" includes: (A) Bastrop County; (B) Bexar County; (C) Caldwell County; (D) Comal County; (E) Ellis County; (F) Gregg County; (G) Guadalupe County; (H) Harrison County; (I) Hays County; (J) Henderson County; (K) Hood County; (L) Hunt County; (M) Johnson County; (N) Kaufman County; (N-1) Nacogdoches County; (N-2) Newton County; (O) Nueces County; (O-1) Panola County; (P) Parker County; (Q) Rockwall County; (R) Rusk County; (R-1) Sabine County; (S) San Patricio County; (S-1) Shelby County; (T) Smith County; (U) Travis County; (V) Upshur County; (W) Williamson County; (X) Wilson County; and (Y) any other county designated as an affected county by commission rule because of deteriorating air quality. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.