HB4400 - Relating to supplemental environmental projects authorized by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

  89R15877 JRR-F     By: Phelan H.B. No. 4400       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to supplemental environmental projects authorized by the   Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 7.067, Water Code, is amended by adding   Subsections (d), (e), and (f) to read as follows:           (d)     The commission may determine the types of projects that   may be approved as a supplemental environmental project.   For a   respondent that is a local government, those types of projects must   include:                 (1)  purchasing, operating, or maintaining:                       (A)     alternative fuel vehicles, including   passenger cars, light trucks, heavy trucks, and buses; and                       (B)     alternative fuel heavy equipment, including   tractors, bulldozers, front-end loaders, and motor graders;                 (2)     constructing, operating, or maintaining   alternative fuel refueling infrastructure necessary to operate an   alternative fuel fleet; and                 (3)     providing energy efficiency upgrades to buildings   and facilities owned by the local government, including heating,   ventilation, air conditioning, lighting, and building envelope   upgrades.           (e)     For a supplemental environmental project involving   alternative fuel vehicles, the commission:                 (1)  must allow the project to include:                       (A)  the entire cost of the vehicle; and                       (B)     any alternative fuel equipment or upgrades   involved; and                 (2)     may not limit the project to including only the   difference in cost between conventional fuel vehicles, equipment,   or upgrades and the alternative fuel counterparts.           (f)  The commission:                 (1)     may not require a contract associated with a   supplemental environmental project to be for a term of less than   five years; and                 (2)     must allow a contract associated with a   supplemental environmental project to be renewable for periods of   at least five years.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.