grants to cover concrete makers’ environmental label software

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89R2898 JRR-D

By: Alvarado
S.B. No. 2353

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the creation of an environmental product declaration

grant program for manufacturers of ready-mixed concrete.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 5, Water Code, is amended

by adding Section 5.1245 to read as follows:

Sec. 5.1245. ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCT DECLARATION GRANT

PROGRAM FOR MANUFACTURERS OF READY-MIXED CONCRETE. (a) In this

section, "environmental product declaration" means an

independently verified product-specific label that discloses the

environmental impact of a manufactured product based on a life

cycle assessment.

(b) The commission shall establish and administer a grant

program to reimburse manufacturers of ready-mixed concrete for the

cost of accessing an environmental product declaration database or

other software for generating environmental product declarations

for ready-mixed concrete products.

(c) As a condition of receiving a grant under this section,

a manufacturer must agree to use environmental product declarations

for the manufacturer's ready-mixed concrete products.

(d) The commission shall adopt rules to implement the

program established under this section, including rules

establishing:

(1) eligibility criteria for grant applicants;

(2) grant application procedures;

(3) criteria for evaluating grant applications and

awarding grants;

(4) guidelines related to grant amounts; and

(5) procedures for monitoring the use of a grant

awarded under this section and ensuring compliance with any

conditions of the grant.

SECTION 2. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

shall adopt rules and establish procedures under Section 5.1245,

Water Code, as added by this Act, as soon as practicable after the

effective date of this Act.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.