Texas Health And Safety Code Title 5, Chapter 386 - Texas Emissions Reduction Plan
SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 386.001 - Definitions
In this chapter: (1) "Advisory board" means the Texas Emissions Reduction Plan Advisory Board. (2) "Affected county" includes: (A) Bastrop County; (B) Bexar County;...
SUBCHAPTER B TEXAS EMISSIONS REDUCTION PLAN
- Texas Section 386.002 - Expiration
This chapter expires August 31, 2019. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 967, Sec. 1(b), eff. Sept. 1, 2001. Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th...
- Texas Section 386.051 - Texas Emissions Reduction Plan
(a) The utility commission, the commission, and the comptroller shall establish and administer the Texas emissions reduction plan in accordance with this chapter. (b) Under...
- Texas Section 386.0515 - Agricultural Product Transportation Projects
(a) In this section, "agricultural product transportation" means the transportation of a raw agricultural product from the place of production using a heavy-duty truck to:...
- Texas Section 386.052 - Commission Duties
(a) In administering the plan established under this chapter and in accordance with the requirements of this chapter, the commission: (1) shall: (A) manage plan...
- Texas Section 386.053 - Guidelines And Criteria
(a) The commission shall adopt grant guidelines and criteria consistent with the requirements of this chapter. (b) Guidelines must include protocols to calculate projected emissions...
- Texas Section 386.054 - Monitoring Procedures
(a) The commission shall develop procedures for monitoring whether the emissions reductions projected for projects awarded grants under this chapter are actually achieved. Monitoring procedures...
- Texas Section 386.055 - Availability Of Emissions Reduction Credits Generally
(a) A project funded under a program established under this chapter may not be used for credit under any state or federal emissions reduction credit...
- Texas Section 386.056 - Availability Of Emissions Reductions In Certain Nonattainment Areas
(a) An owner or operator of a site located in the Houston-Galveston or Dallas-Fort Worth nonattainment area may use emissions reductions generated by a program...
- Texas Section 386.057 - Review And Reporting Requirements
(a) The commission, in consultation with the advisory board, annually shall review programs established under the plan, including each project funded under the plan, the...
SUBCHAPTER C DIESEL EMISSIONS REDUCTION INCENTIVE PROGRAM
- Texas Section 386.058 - Texas Emissions Reduction Plan Advisory Board
(a) The Texas Emissions Reduction Plan Advisory Board consists of 15 members appointed as provided by this section and seven ex officio members as provided...
- Texas Section 386.101 - Definitions
In this subchapter: (1) "Cost-effectiveness" means the total dollar amount expended divided by the total number of tons of oxides of nitrogen emissions reduction attributable...
- Texas Section 386.102 - Program
(a) The commission shall establish and administer a diesel emissions reduction incentive program. Under the program, the commission shall provide grants for eligible projects to...
- Texas Section 386.103 - Application For Grant
(a) Any person as defined by Section 382.003 that owns one or more on-road or non-road diesels that operate primarily within a nonattainment area or...
- Texas Section 386.104 - Eligibility Requirements
(a) The commission shall establish criteria for setting priorities for projects eligible to receive grants under this subchapter. The commission shall review and may modify...
- Texas Section 386.105 - Calculation Of Cost-effectiveness
(a) In calculating cost-effectiveness, one-time grants of money at the beginning of a project shall be annualized using a time value of public funds or...
- Texas Section 386.106 - Cost-effectiveness Criteria; Determination Of Grant Amount
(a) Except as otherwise provided by statute, the commission may not award a grant that, net of taxes, provides an amount that exceeds the incremental...
- Texas Section 386.107 - Adjustment To Maximum Cost-effectiveness Amount And Award Amount
After study of available emissions reduction technologies and costs and after public notice and comment, the commission, in consultation with the advisory board, may change...
- Texas Section 386.108 - Infrastructure Projects
(a) The commission shall provide funding under Section 386.252(a) for infrastructure projects. (b) To implement the requirement of Subsection (a), the commission shall: (1) solicit...
- Texas Section 386.109 - Eligible Infrastructure Projects
(a) The commission may consider for funding under Section 386.108: (1) the purchase and installation at a site of equipment that is designed primarily to...
- Texas Section 386.110 - Application Package For Infrastructure Projects
(a) The commission shall develop a simple, standardized application package for infrastructure project grants under this subchapter. The package must include: (1) an application form;...
- Texas Section 386.111 - Application Review Procedures
(a) The commission shall review an application for a grant for a project authorized under this subchapter, including an application for a grant for an...
- Texas Section 386.112 - On-road Diesel Purchase Or Lease Incentive
(a) The commission shall develop a purchase or lease incentive program for new on-road diesels and shall adopt rules necessary to implement the program and...
- Texas Section 386.113 - On-road Diesel Purchase Or Lease Incentive Schedule
A new on-road diesel is eligible for reimbursement of incremental costs according to the following schedule: Incentive emissions standard Reimbursement amount (oxides of nitrogen)Date of...
- Texas Section 386.114 - Modification Of Incentive Emissions Standards
After evaluating new technologies and after public notice and comment, the commission, in consultation with the advisory board, may change the incentive emissions standards established...
- Texas Section 386.115 - Modification Of Vehicle Eligibility
After evaluating the availability of vehicles meeting the emissions standards and after public notice and comment, the commission, in consultation with the advisory board, may...
- Texas Section 386.116 - Small Business Incentives
(a) In this section, "small business" means a business owned by a person who: (1) owns and operates not more than two vehicles, one of...
SUBCHAPTER D-1 DRAYAGE TRUCK INCENTIVE PROGRAM
- Texas Section 386.117 - Rebate Grants
(a) The commission shall adopt a process for awarding grants under this subchapter in the form of rebates to streamline the grant application, contracting, reimbursement,...
- Texas Section 386.181 - Definition; Rules
(a) In this subchapter, "drayage truck" means a truck that transports a load to or from a seaport or rail yard. (b) The commission may...
- Texas Section 386.182 - Commission Duties
(a) The commission shall develop a purchase incentive program to encourage owners to replace drayage trucks with pre-2007 model year engines with newer drayage trucks...
SUBCHAPTER E EVALUATION OF UTILITY COMMISSION AND COMPTROLLER ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROGRAMS
- Texas Section 386.183 - Drayage Truck Purchase Incentive
(a) To be eligible for an incentive under this subchapter, a person must: (1) purchase a replacement drayage truck that under the guidelines adopted by...
SUBCHAPTER F TEXAS EMISSIONS REDUCTION PLAN FUND
- Texas Section 386.205 - Evaluation Of Utility Commission And Comptroller Energy Efficiency Programs
In cooperation with the laboratory, the utility commission shall provide an annual report to the commission that, by county, quantifies the reductions of energy demand,...
- Texas Section 386.251 - Fund
(a) The Texas emissions reduction plan fund is an account in the state treasury. (b) The fund is administered by the commission for the benefit...
- Texas Section 386.252 - Use Of Fund
Sec. 386.252. USE OF FUND. (a) Money in the fund may be used only to implement and administer programs established under the plan. Money appropriated...
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