Section 386.153 - Commission Duties Regarding Light-Duty Motor Vehicle Purchase or Lease Incentive Program(a) The commission shall develop a purchase or lease incentive program for new light-duty motor vehicles and shall adopt rules necessary to implement the program.(b) The program shall authorize statewide incentives for the purchase or lease of new light-duty motor vehicles powered by compressed natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, or hydrogen fuel cell or other electric drives for a purchaser or lessee who agrees to register and operate the vehicle in this state for a minimum period of time to be established by the commission.(c) Only one incentive will be provided for each new light-duty motor vehicle. The incentive shall be provided to the lessee and not to the purchaser if the motor vehicle is purchased for the purpose of leasing the vehicle to another person.(d) The commission by rule may revise the standards for the maximum unloaded vehicle weight rating and gross vehicle weight rating of an eligible vehicle to ensure that all of the vehicle weight configurations available under one general vehicle model may be eligible for an incentive.Tex. Health and Safety Code § 386.153
Added by Acts 2017, Texas Acts of the 85th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 755,Sec. 8, eff. 8/30/2017, op. on the date that the Texas Emissions Reduction Plan Advisory Board is abolished.