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Read. Follow. Verify.Texas requires state commission to distribute vehicle repair and retirement program funds to participating counties by 2026
Last action · March 27, 2025: Left pending in committeeSponsors: Hernandez and 1 other
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What This Bill Proposed
Relating to the distribution of funds designated for the low-income vehicle repair assistance, retrofit, and accelerated vehicle retirement program.
Qualifying Texas counties receive millions in previously remitted fees to spend strictly on local vehicle emissions repair and retirement initiatives by a hard January 2026 deadline.
- The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality administers state air quality programs, including vehicle emissions testing and related assistance funds in designated nonattainment areas. context
- The low-income vehicle repair assistance, retrofit, and accelerated vehicle retirement program is funded through fees collected during vehicle safety and emissions inspections in participating counties. context
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
participating county
Qualifying counties receive distributed state funds and gain the authority to spend them on authorized local vehicle programs.
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
The agency is legally required to calculate proportions and distribute all available program funds to counties by January 1, 2026.
Key Facts
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
7 actions- Mar 27, 2025HouseLeft pending in committee
- Mar 27, 2025HouseTestimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- Mar 27, 2025HouseConsidered in public hearing
- Mar 27, 2025HouseScheduled for public hearing on . . .
- Mar 11, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to Environmental Regulation
- Mar 11, 2025HouseIntroducedRead first time
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- Nov 15, 2024HouseIntroducedFiled
Version history
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Mandated Fund Redistribution
The bill overrides existing statutory distribution barriers (Sections 382.202(g), 382.209, and 382.220) to force a one-time payout of accumulated fees by a set deadline.
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Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 65)
- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz25Current news / social attention level
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