HB 2546

relating to vehicles eligible for replacement under the clean
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1.  Section 390.002(b), Health and Safety Code, is
(b)  Projects that may be considered for a grant under the
(1)  diesel oxidation catalysts for school buses built
(2)  diesel particulate filters for school buses built
(3)  the purchase and use of emission-reducing add-on
equipment for school buses, including devices that reduce crankcase
(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
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
(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
SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.