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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to allocation of certain money in the Texas emissions |
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reduction plan fund to air quality monitoring activities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 386.051(b), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) Under the plan, the commission and the comptroller shall |
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provide grants or other funding for: |
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(1) the diesel emissions reduction incentive program |
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established under Subchapter C, including for infrastructure |
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projects established under that subchapter; |
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(2) the motor vehicle purchase or lease incentive |
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program established under Subchapter D; |
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(3) the new technology research and development |
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program established under Chapter 387; |
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(4) the clean school bus program established under |
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Chapter 390; [and] |
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(5) the new technology implementation grant program |
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established under Chapter 391; and |
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(6) air quality monitoring under Section 386.059. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 386, Health and Safety |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 386.059 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 386.059. AIR QUALITY MONITORING. (a) The commission |
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shall conduct short-term and long-term air quality monitoring |
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activities to evaluate levels of air contaminants, including |
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particulate matter, nitrogen oxides, volatile organic compounds, |
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air toxics, and carbon monoxide. |
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(b) The monitoring activities may include canister |
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sampling, automated gas chromatography, handheld instrument |
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surveys, lab analysis, or any other monitoring method or procedure |
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generally recognized in the field of air pollution control. |
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(c) The commission may hire staff and consultants needed to |
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accomplish the commission's duties under this section. |
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SECTION 3. Section 386.252(a), Health and Safety Code, as |
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amended by Chapters 1125 (H.B. 1796) and 1232 (S.B. 1759), Acts of |
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the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, is reenacted and |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) Money in the fund may be used only to implement and |
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administer programs established under the plan and shall be |
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allocated as follows: |
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(1) for the diesel emissions reduction incentive |
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program, 82.5 [87.5] percent of the money in the fund, of which: |
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(A) not more than four percent may be used for the |
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clean school bus program; |
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(B) not more than 10 percent may be used for |
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on-road diesel purchase or lease incentives; [and] |
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(C) a specified amount may be used for the new |
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technology implementation grant program, from which a defined |
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amount may be set aside for electricity storage projects related to |
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renewable energy; and |
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(D) five percent shall be used for the clean |
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fleet program; |
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(2) for the new technology research and development |
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program, nine percent of the money in the fund, of which: |
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(A) up to $200,000 is allocated for a health |
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effects study; |
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(B) $500,000 is to be deposited in the state |
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treasury to the credit of the clean air account created under |
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Section 382.0622 to supplement funding for air quality planning |
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activities in affected counties; |
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(C) not less than 20 percent is to be allocated |
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each year to support research related to air quality as provided by |
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Section 387.010; and |
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(D) the balance is allocated each year to the |
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commission to be used to: |
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(i) implement and administer the new |
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technology research and development program for the purpose of |
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identifying, testing, and evaluating new emissions-reducing |
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technologies with potential for commercialization in this state and |
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to facilitate their certification or verification; and |
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(ii) contract with the Energy Systems |
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Laboratory at the Texas Engineering Experiment Station for $216,000 |
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annually for the development and annual computation of creditable |
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statewide emissions reductions obtained through wind and other |
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renewable energy resources for the state implementation plan; [and] |
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(3) for continuous air quality monitoring under |
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Section 386.059, five percent of the money in the fund is allocated |
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to the commission; and |
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(4) two percent is allocated to the commission and 1.5 |
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percent is allocated to the laboratory for administrative costs |
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incurred by the commission and the laboratory. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |