Sec. 393.001. DEFINITIONS  


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  • In this chapter:

    (1) "Advisory board" means the Texas Emissions Reduction Plan Advisory Board.

    (2) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

    (3) "Executive director" means the executive director of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

    (4) "Heavy-duty motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle with:

    (A) a gross vehicle weight rating of more than 8,500 pounds; and

    (B) an engine certified to the United States Environmental Protection Agency's standards for heavy-duty engines.

    (5) "Incremental cost" means the difference between the manufacturer's suggested retail price of a baseline vehicle, the documented dealer price of a baseline vehicle, cost to lease or otherwise commercially finance a baseline vehicle, cost to repower with a baseline engine, or other appropriate baseline cost established by the commission, and the actual cost of the natural gas vehicle purchase, lease, or other commercial financing, or repower.

    (6) "Medium-duty motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than 8,500 pounds that:

    (A) is certified to the United States Environmental Protection Agency's light-duty emissions standard; or

    (B) has an engine certified to the United States Environmental Protection Agency's light-duty emissions standard.

    (7) "Motor vehicle" has the meaning assigned by Section 386.151.

    (8) "Natural gas vehicle" means a motor vehicle that receives not less than 75 percent of its power from compressed or liquefied natural gas.

    (9) "Program" means the Texas natural gas vehicle grant program established under this chapter.

Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 589 , Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2011.