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Texas Health and Safety Code - HEALTH & SAFETY § 392.001. Definitions

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

<Chapter 392 will expire pursuant to V.T.C.A., Health & Safety Code § 392.008.>

In this chapter:

(1) “Alternative fuel” means a fuel other than gasoline or diesel fuel, including electricity, compressed natural gas, liquefied natural gas, hydrogen, propane, or a mixture of fuels containing at least 85 percent methanol by volume.

(2) “Commission” means the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

(3) “Golf cart” has the meaning assigned by Section 551.401, Transportation Code.

(4) “Hybrid vehicle” means a vehicle with at least two different energy converters and two different energy storage systems on board the vehicle for the purpose of propelling the vehicle.

(5) “Incremental cost” has the meaning assigned by Section 386.001.

(6) “Light-duty motor vehicle” has the meaning assigned by Section 386.151.

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

(8) “Neighborhood electric vehicle” means a motor vehicle that:

(A) is originally manufactured to meet, and does meet, the equipment requirements and safety standards established for “low-speed vehicles” in Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 500 (49 C.F.R. Section 571.500);

(B) is a slow-moving vehicle, as defined by Section 547.001, Transportation Code, that is able to attain a speed of more than 20 miles per hour but not more than 25 miles per hour in one mile on a paved, level surface;

(C) is a four-wheeled motor vehicle;

(D) is powered by electricity or alternative power sources;

(E) has a gross vehicle weight rating of less than 3,000 pounds; and

(F) is not a golf cart.

(9) “Program” means the Texas clean fleet program established under this chapter.

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