HB2546 - Relating to vehicles eligible for replacement under the clean school bus program.

  89R12144 CMO-D     By: Tepper H.B. No. 2546       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to vehicles eligible for replacement under the clean   school bus program.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 390.002(b), Health and Safety Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (b)  Projects that may be considered for a grant under the   program include:                (1)  diesel oxidation catalysts for school buses built   before 1994;                (2)  diesel particulate filters for school buses built   from 1994 to 1998;                (3)  the purchase and use of emission-reducing add-on   equipment for school buses, including devices that reduce crankcase   emissions;                (4)  the use of qualifying fuel;                (5)  other technologies that the commission finds will   bring about significant emissions reductions; and                (6)  replacement of a pre-2011 [ pre-2007 ] model year   school bus.          SECTION 2.  Sections 390.004(c) and (d), Health and Safety   Code, are amended to read as follows:          (c)  A school bus proposed for replacement must:                (1)  be of model year 2010 [ 2006 ] or earlier;                (2)  have been owned and operated by the applicant for   at least the two years before submission of the grant application;                (3)  be in good operational condition; and                (4)  be currently used on a regular, daily route to and   from a school.          (d)  A school bus proposed for purchase to replace a pre-2011   [ pre-2007 ] model year school bus must be of the current model year   or the year before the current model year at the time of submission   of the grant application.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.