{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-382.212","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 382.212","heading":"EMISSIONS REDUCTION CREDIT.","body":"(a) In this section, \"emissions reduction credit\" means an emissions reduction certified by the commission that is:\n(1) created by eliminating future emissions, quantified during or before the period in which emissions reductions are made;\n(2) expressed in tons or partial tons per year; and\n(3) banked by the commission in accordance with commission rules relating to emissions banking.\n(b) To the extent allowable under federal law, the commission by rule shall authorize:\n(1) the assignment of a percentage of emissions reduction credit to a private, commercial, or business entity that purchases, for accelerated retirement, a qualified vehicle under a low-income vehicle repair assistance, retrofit, and accelerated vehicle retirement program;\n(2) the transferability of an assigned emissions reduction credit;\n(3) the use of emissions reduction credit by the holder of the credit against any state or federal emissions requirements applicable to a facility owned or operated by the holder of the credit;\n(4) the assignment of a percentage of emissions reduction credit, on the retirement of a fleet vehicle, a vehicle owned or leased by a governmental entity, or a commercial vehicle, to the owner or lessor of the vehicle; and\n(5) other actions relating to the disposition or use of emissions reduction credit that the commission determines will benefit the implementation of low-income vehicle repair assistance, retrofit, and accelerated vehicle retirement programs established under Section 382.209.\nAdded by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1075, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 5. SANITATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY","SUBTITLE C. AIR QUALITY","CHAPTER 382. CLEAN AIR ACT","SUBCHAPTER G. VEHICLE EMISSIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.382.htm#382.212","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"e2953e5d2a77eeff7e1af2f401fb2dbf28202df43ad9e80dcefbc2a0b4278f62","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-382.211","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-382.213"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}