HB0001H2002
Budget(s): Addition to 300 Sections
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Page 131-After line 18 Insert the following new section and renumber as necessary:
"[NATURAL GAS SCHOOL BUSES]
Section 329.
(a) There
is appropriated two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000.00) from the general
fund to the department of education for the purpose of issuing grants to offset
the purchase cost of buses which operate on compressed natural gas. This appropriation shall not be included in
the department's 2015-2016 standard biennial budget request.
(b) The department of education shall accept
applications for grants from school districts purchasing buses which operate on
compressed natural gas and which have adequate access to natural gas refilling
stations. In issuing grants under this
section, the department shall give preference to applications from school
districts located in areas of ozone nonattainment as determined by the
department of environmental quality. Grants
shall be for the purchase of buses after the effective date of this section and
shall be for the lesser of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00) or the
difference between the purchase price of the bus and funding provided for the
bus pursuant to W.S. 21-13-320.
(c) The department of education shall not issue
grants under this section until at least thirty (30) days after the adoption of
rules implementing this section.
(d) This section is effective immediately.".
To the extent required by this amendment: adjust totals; and renumber as necessary. ROSCOE