Texas Comptroller Manual of Accounts - Fiscal 2020
GR Account 5071 – GR Account - Emissions Reduction Plan

Account in the General Revenue Fund consists of money deposited to the credit of the fund under § 386.056, Health and Safety Code, §§ 151.0515 and 152.0215, Tax Code and §§ 501.138, 502.1675 and 548.5055, Transportation Code.

May be used only to implement and administer emission reduction programs as provided in § 386.252 Health and Safety Code including:

• clean school bus and clean fleet programs
• light-duty motor vehicle and on-road diesel incentive programs
• seaport and rail yard programs
• new technology implementation grant program
• regional air monitoring program
• certain natural gas and alternative fuel programs
• administrative and research costs
• other programs that lead to reduced emissions

$500,000 is transferred annually to GR Account 0151 - Clean Air.

Formerly administered by the Comptroller -- State Fiscal Agency 902.

The increase in title certificate fee by H.B. 1365, 78th Leg., R.S., deposited to this account until 9-1-08. After 9-1-08, the fee was to be deposited to the Texas Mobility Fund (0365). However, subsequent legislation extended the date for deposit to Fund 0365 until 9-01-15.

Program extended from 8-31-08 to 8-31-10 and amended by H.B. 2481, 79th Leg., R.S.

S.B. 12, 80th Leg., R.S. changed administration of the fund from the Comptroller to TCEQ effective 9-1-07 and extended the program from 8-31-10 to 8-31-15.

Program expiration extended until 8-31-19 by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., ch. 1125, § 15, eff. 9-1-09.

Recodified from Transportation Code, Sec. 502.1675 to 502.358 by H.B. 2357, 82nd Leg., R.S.

Amended by S.B. 1727, 83rd Leg., R.S. to change allocations from the fund to programs and administrative costs and add new uses including the drayage truck incentive and light-duty motor vehicle incentive programs.

H.B. 7, 83rd Leg., R.S. requires interest be deposited to General Revenue (0001).

S.B. 1731, 85th Leg., R.S. extended program expiration from 8-31-19 to the date the commission publishes the notices required under Health and Safety code 382.037. The bill removed the drayage truck program and added new uses such as the seaport and rail yard program and changed the allocation of revenue to the various programs.