bill matching clean vehicle grant applicants with old diesels

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By: Anchía
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.