HB2253 —

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This bill amends 11 section(s) of the Texas statutes: Section 382.201, Health and Safety Code, Section 382.202, Health and Safety Code, Section 382.205(f), Health and Safety Code, Section 382.220, Health and Safety Code, Section 382.209, Health and Safety Code, Section 382.211(a), Health and Safety Code.

• Section 382.201, Health and Safety Code

  low-income vehicle repair assistance, retrofit, and accelerated vehicle retirement 382.209 → local initiatives 382.2085 (4-a) "Purchase" means a transaction in which a person: (A) buys a vehicle; or (B) leases a vehicle for a period of at least three years under an agreement that allows the vehicle to be driven at least 12,000 miles a year without a penalty.

  amended

• Section 382.202, Health and Safety Code

  (g-1) The commissioners court of a participating county by order may impose an additional fee, not to exceed $6, for a vehicle inspected in the county. A fee imposed under this subsection may take effect and be removed in accordance with the requirements of Section 382.2085. The additional fee shall be collected for a vehicle at the same time other fees imposed under this chapter are collected. The fee revenue collected shall be retained by the county in a separate account to be used only for the purposes specified by Section 382.2085.

  amended

• Section 382.205(f), Health and Safety Code

  low-income assistance, retrofit, accelerated vehicle retirement → replacement incentive

  amended

• Section 382.220, Health and Safety Code

  382.220. USE OF FUNDING FOR INITIATIVE PROJECTS Money that is made available to participating counties under Section 382.202(g) or 382.302 may be appropriated only for programs , to improve air quality , 382.209, (b) implemented in consultation with the commission expand and enhance the AirCheck Texas Repair and Replacement Assistance Program or (c) Money that is made available for the implementation of a program under Subsection (b) may not be expended for local government fleet or vehicle acquisition or replacement, call center management, application oversight, invoice analysis, education, outreach, or advertising purposes. (d) in an amount not to exceed $7 million per fiscal year for projects described by Subsection (b), of which $2 million may be used (b)(4) The remaining $5 million may be used for any project described by Subsection (b). The fees shall be made available only to counties participating in the low-income vehicle repair assistance, retrofit, and accelerated vehicle retirement programs created under Section 382.209 and only on a matching basis, whereby the commission provides money to a county in the same amount that the county dedicates to a project authorized by Subsection (b). The commission may reduce the match requirement for a county that proposes to develop and implement independent test facility fraud detection programs, including the use of remote sensing technology for coordinating with law enforcement officials to detect, prevent, and prosecute the use of counterfeit registration insignia and vehicle inspection reports. → 382.2085. INITIATIVES PROGRAM The commission and the Public Safety Commission by joint rule shall establish and authorize the commissioners court of an affected county to implement a local initiatives program subject to agency oversight that may include reasonable periodic commission audits. (b) The local initiatives program must be funded with available money collected under Section 382.202 or 382.302 or other designated and available money. The program shall be (c) , (d) approved by the commissioners court of the county in which the program is located develop and implement projects supporting freeway incident management and associated first responders , temporary registration plates, , temporary registration plates, ; (7) develop and implement a local vehicle repair and replacement incentive program under Section 382.209; (8) develop and implement regional data collection efforts for air quality and multimodal transportation data to improve efficiency of transportation systems; or (9) establish publicly accessible refueling infrastructure for alternative fuel vehicles (e) by participating counties (d) (f) The commissioners court of a participating county may adopt a resolution to end fee collection for the local initiatives program in the county. The commissioners court shall submit the resolution to the commission and to the county tax assessor-collector. The resolution must include a date after which a fee may not be imposed under Section 382.202 or 382.302 for the purposes of the county's local initiatives program on vehicles being inspected or registered in the county. The date must be: (1) the first day of a month; and (2) at least 90 days after the date the resolution is submitted to the commission. (g) On receipt of a resolution under Subsection (f), the commission shall notify in writing the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, the Department of Public Safety, and the Legislative Budget Board that a fee may not be imposed under Section 382.202 or 382.302 for the purposes of the county's local initiatives program on vehicles being inspected or registered in the county after the date established under Subsection (f).

  amended

• Section 382.209, Health and Safety Code

  LOW-INCOME ASSISTANCE, RETROFIT, AND ACCELERATED VEHICLE RETIREMENT low-income assistance, retrofit, and accelerated vehicle retirement The commission shall provide funding for local low-income vehicle repair assistance, retrofit, and accelerated vehicle retirement programs with available funds collected under Section 382.202, 382.302, or other designated and available funds. The programs shall be administered provided to a local low-income assistance, retrofit, and accelerated vehicle retirement under this section programs low-income assistance, retrofit, and accelerated vehicle retirement low-income assistance, retrofit, and accelerated vehicle retirement registration of the current and reflects that the vehicle the low-income assistance, retrofit, and accelerated vehicle retirement low-income assistance, retrofit, and accelerated vehicle retirement low-income assistance, retrofit, and accelerated vehicle retirement low-income assistance, retrofit, and accelerated vehicle retirement low-income assistance, retrofit, and accelerated vehicle retirement commission low-income assistance, retrofit, and accelerated vehicle retirement → AND REPLACEMENT INCENTIVE and replacement incentive A participating county shall administer a vehicle repair and replacement incentive program established under this section used for a and replacement incentive program vehicle repair and replacement incentive and replacement incentive (d-1) and replacement incentive registered in a county implementing the program or a and replacement incentive and replacement incentive and replacement incentive and replacement incentive and replacement incentive commissioners court of a participating county and replacement incentive

  amended

• low-income assistance, retrofit, accelerated vehicle retirement qualified for the accelerated retirement program $3,000 $3,000 $3,500 the vehicle owner's income, which may not exceed 300 percent of the federal poverty level; (B) (C) the vehicle owner's income; and (C) 70,000 cost In this section, "total cost" → replacement incentive $4,000 $4,000 $4,500 (B) and 85,000 purchase price For the purposes of Subsection (b), a reference to the total purchase price of a motor vehicle that is sold

  amended

• Section 382.211(a), Health and Safety Code

  low-income assistance, retrofit, accelerated vehicle retirement → replacement incentive

  amended

• Section 382.212(b), Health and Safety Code

  low-income assistance, retrofit, accelerated vehicle retirement low-income assistance, retrofit, accelerated vehicle retirement → replacement incentive replacement incentive

  amended

• Section 382.213(a), Health and Safety Code

  an accelerated vehicle retirement program authorized by → a vehicle repair and replacement incentive program established under

  amended

• Section 382.214, Health and Safety Code

  in an accelerated retirement in an accelerated vehicle retirement program → that is retired under a repair and replacement incentive described by Subsection (a)

  amended

• Section 382.216, Health and Safety Code

  low-income assistance, retrofit, accelerated vehicle retirement low-income assistance, retrofit, accelerated vehicle retirement low-income assistance, retrofit, accelerated vehicle retirement → replacement incentive replacement incentive replacement incentive

  amended

• Section 382.302(e), Health and Safety Code

  the 382.209 → a local initiatives 382.2085

  amended

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