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1	1		89R915 MP-F
2	2		By: Hayes H.B. No. 405
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5	7		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	8		AN ACT
7	9		relating to fees on and grants for fuel ethanol, renewable methane,
8	10		biodiesel, and renewable diesel.
9	11		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	12		SECTION 1. Section 16.005(a), Agriculture Code, as amended
11	13		by Chapters 1295 (H.B. 2318) and 1312 (H.B. 2582), Acts of the 81st
12	14		Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, is reenacted to read as
13	15		follows:
14	16		(a) The office shall impose a fee on each producer in an
15	17		amount equal to 3.2 cents for each gallon of fuel ethanol, renewable
16	18		diesel, or MMBtu of renewable methane and 1.6 cents for each gallon
17	19		of biodiesel produced in each registered plant operated by the
18	20		producer.
19	21		SECTION 2. Section 16.006(b), Agriculture Code, as amended
20	22		by Chapters 1295 (H.B. 2318) and 1312 (H.B. 2582), Acts of the 81st
21	23		Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, is reenacted to read as
22	24		follows:
23	25		(b) A producer is entitled to receive from the account 20
24	26		cents for each gallon of fuel ethanol, renewable diesel, or MMBtu of
25	27		renewable methane and 10 cents for each gallon of biodiesel
26	28		produced in each registered plant operated by the producer until
27	29		the 10th anniversary of the date production from the plant begins.
28	30		SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
29	31		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
30	32		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
31	33		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
32	34		Act takes effect September 1, 2025.