TITLE: Relating to certain grants awarded under the new technology research and development program.

SUMMARY: Relating to certain grants awarded under the new technology research and development program.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to certain grants awarded under the new technology research and development program. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 387.005(a), Health and Safety Code, is amended to read as follows: (a) Grants awarded under this chapter shall be directed toward a balanced mix of: (1) retrofit and add-on technologies and other advanced technologies,including traffic-control signalization technologies and programs, that reduce emissions from the existing stock of engines and vehicles targeted by the Texas emissions reduction plan, provided that the technologies do not significantly reduce the fuel economy of those engines and vehicles; (2) advanced technologies for new engines and vehicles that produce very-low or zero emissions of oxides of nitrogen, including stationary and mobile fuel cells; (3) advanced technologies for reducing oxides of nitrogen and other emissions from stationary sources; and (4) field validation of innovative technologies that: (A) reduce emissions of oxides of nitrogen and other emissions; and (B) require demonstration of viability for full commercial acceptance. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.