{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-386.055","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 386.055","heading":"AVAILABILITY OF EMISSIONS REDUCTION CREDITS GENERALLY.","body":"(a) A project funded under a program established under this chapter may not be used for credit under any state or federal emissions reduction credit averaging, banking, or trading program.\n(b) An emissions reduction generated by a program established under this chapter:\n(1) may not be used as a marketable emissions reduction credit or, except as provided by Section 386.056, to offset any emissions reduction obligation; and\n(2) may be used to demonstrate conformity with the state implementation plan.\n(c) A project involving a new emissions reduction measure that would otherwise generate marketable credits under state or federal emissions reduction credit averaging, banking, or trading programs is not eligible for funding under a program established under this chapter unless:\n(1) the project includes the transfer of the reductions that would otherwise be marketable credits to the state implementation plan or the owner or operator as provided by Section 386.056; and\n(2) the reductions are permanently retired.\nAdded by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 967, Sec. 1(b), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 5. SANITATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY","SUBTITLE C. AIR QUALITY For expiration of this chapter, see Section 386.002.","CHAPTER 386. TEXAS EMISSIONS REDUCTION PLAN","SUBCHAPTER B. TEXAS EMISSIONS REDUCTION PLAN"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.386.htm#386.055","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"38b3fd2274931eb287dff90f4a23e7d47c4fee504957568c1e31fd6a9bbce67f","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-386.054","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-386.056"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}