By: AnchÃa H.B. No. 4841
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a program administered by the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality to connect clean vehicle program applicants
with certain vehicle owners to facilitate the issuance of grants or
other funding for the replacement of those vehicles.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 386, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 386.058 to read as follows:
Sec. 386.058. DATABASE AND PUBLIC OUTREACH INITIATIVE TO
FACILITATE REPLACEMENT OF CERTAIN DIESEL-POWERED VEHICLES. (a)
The commission shall administer a program designed to facilitate
the replacement of pre-2009 model year diesel-powered vehicles by
connecting applicants for a grant or other funding with owners of
those diesel-powered vehicles to enable the applicant to partner
with the vehicle owner for purposes of satisfying the requirements
established under the plan.
(b) In administering the program, the commission shall:
(1) develop and maintain a database of owners of
pre-2009 model year diesel-powered vehicles who are willing to
partner with applicants for a state or local clean vehicle program
as described by Subsection (a); and
(2) conduct a public outreach initiative to promote
awareness of and participation in the program and in applicable
state and local clean vehicle programs.
(c) The database developed under Subsection (b)(1) must:
(1) include owner contact information, vehicle
information, and other relevant information as determined by the
commission; and
(2) require applicants described by Subsection (a) to
register with the commission in order to access the database.
(d) In conducting the public outreach initiative under
Subsection (b)(2), the commission:
(1) shall include educational materials and
information on the program on the commission's Internet website;
and
(2) may collaborate with local governments, regional
councils of government, port authorities, and other appropriate
entities and stakeholders to recruit participants in the database
and to encourage applications for state and local clean vehicle
programs.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.