| 1 | 1 | | 89R15877 JRR-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Phelan H.B. No. 4400 |
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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 supplemental environmental projects authorized by the |
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| 10 | 10 | | Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. |
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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 7.067, Water Code, is amended by adding |
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| 13 | 13 | | Subsections (d), (e), and (f) to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (d) The commission may determine the types of projects that |
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| 15 | 15 | | may be approved as a supplemental environmental project. For a |
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| 16 | 16 | | respondent that is a local government, those types of projects must |
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| 17 | 17 | | include: |
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| 18 | 18 | | (1) purchasing, operating, or maintaining: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (A) alternative fuel vehicles, including |
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| 20 | 20 | | passenger cars, light trucks, heavy trucks, and buses; and |
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| 21 | 21 | | (B) alternative fuel heavy equipment, including |
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| 22 | 22 | | tractors, bulldozers, front-end loaders, and motor graders; |
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| 23 | 23 | | (2) constructing, operating, or maintaining |
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| 24 | 24 | | alternative fuel refueling infrastructure necessary to operate an |
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| 25 | 25 | | alternative fuel fleet; and |
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| 26 | 26 | | (3) providing energy efficiency upgrades to buildings |
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| 27 | 27 | | and facilities owned by the local government, including heating, |
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| 28 | 28 | | ventilation, air conditioning, lighting, and building envelope |
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| 29 | 29 | | upgrades. |
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| 30 | 30 | | (e) For a supplemental environmental project involving |
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| 31 | 31 | | alternative fuel vehicles, the commission: |
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| 32 | 32 | | (1) must allow the project to include: |
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| 33 | 33 | | (A) the entire cost of the vehicle; and |
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| 34 | 34 | | (B) any alternative fuel equipment or upgrades |
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| 35 | 35 | | involved; and |
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| 36 | 36 | | (2) may not limit the project to including only the |
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| 37 | 37 | | difference in cost between conventional fuel vehicles, equipment, |
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| 38 | 38 | | or upgrades and the alternative fuel counterparts. |
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| 39 | 39 | | (f) The commission: |
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| 40 | 40 | | (1) may not require a contract associated with a |
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| 41 | 41 | | supplemental environmental project to be for a term of less than |
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| 42 | 42 | | five years; and |
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| 43 | 43 | | (2) must allow a contract associated with a |
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| 44 | 44 | | supplemental environmental project to be renewable for periods of |
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| 45 | 45 | | at least five years. |
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| 46 | 46 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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