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28.

Meeting Date:	12/11/2012
Letter to Legislative Budget Board requesting restoration of funding for LIRAP and LIP
Submitted For:	Gary Boyd	Submitted By:	Gary Boyd, Parks
Department:	Parks
Agenda Category:	Regular Agenda Items

Information

Agenda Item

Discuss and take appropriate action to authorize the County Judge to submit a letter to the Legislative Budget Board requesting restoration of funding to the Low-Income Vehicle Repair, Assistance, Retrofit and Accelerated Vehicle Retirement Program (LIRAP) and the Local Initiative Project (LIP) for the next budget biennium.

Background

Williamson County began participation in the LIRAP program as a voluntary measure to help the region comply with clean air standards, particularly for ground level ozone. The LIRAP provides assistance to low-income citizens of the county to help repair or remove polluting vehicles from the roadways as a part of an emission reduction plan. The LIP program, funded similarly, has been recently used to provide enforcement efforts to identify fraudulent and counterfeit inspection certificates to further assist in meeting clean air goals. Under the voluntary participation plan a portion of annual vehicle inspection fees goes to fund the LIRAP and LIP program.

This agenda item is to authorize the County Judge to request reinstatement of the program funds due to the county for the LIRAP and LIP programs. The other fifteen counties in the state that participate in the LIRAP and LIP programs are submitting similar letters (through their respective Council of Governments for the Dallas/Fort Worth area and the Houston-Galveston area) to the Legislative Budget Board.

The County Judge's office will prepare the final copy of this letter for the Judge's signature.

Fiscal Impact

From/To	Acct No.	Description	Amount

Attachments
Letter to LBB for LIRAP and LIP funding

Form Review

Inbox	Reviewed By	Date
County Judge Exec Asst.	Wendy Coco	12/06/2012 02:27 PM
Form Started By: Gary Boyd		Started On: 12/06/2012 08:57 AM
Final Approval Date: 12/06/2012