89R15877 JRR-F
By: Phelan H.B. No. 4400
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to supplemental environmental projects authorized by the
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 7.067, Water Code, is amended by adding
Subsections (d), (e), and (f) to read as follows:
(d) The commission may determine the types of projects that
may be approved as a supplemental environmental project. For a
respondent that is a local government, those types of projects must
include:
(1) purchasing, operating, or maintaining:
(A) alternative fuel vehicles, including
passenger cars, light trucks, heavy trucks, and buses; and
(B) alternative fuel heavy equipment, including
tractors, bulldozers, front-end loaders, and motor graders;
(2) constructing, operating, or maintaining
alternative fuel refueling infrastructure necessary to operate an
alternative fuel fleet; and
(3) providing energy efficiency upgrades to buildings
and facilities owned by the local government, including heating,
ventilation, air conditioning, lighting, and building envelope
upgrades.
(e) For a supplemental environmental project involving
alternative fuel vehicles, the commission:
(1) must allow the project to include:
(A) the entire cost of the vehicle; and
(B) any alternative fuel equipment or upgrades
involved; and
(2) may not limit the project to including only the
difference in cost between conventional fuel vehicles, equipment,
or upgrades and the alternative fuel counterparts.
(f) The commission:
(1) may not require a contract associated with a
supplemental environmental project to be for a term of less than
five years; and
(2) must allow a contract associated with a
supplemental environmental project to be renewable for periods of
at least five years.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.