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1	1	81R24392 BEF-D
2	2	By: Anchia, et al. H.B. No. 1993
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to certain energy security technologies for critical
8	8	governmental facilities.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Subtitle G, Title 10, Government Code, is
11	11	amended by adding Chapter 2311 to read as follows:
12	12	CHAPTER 2311. ENERGY SECURITY TECHNOLOGIES FOR CRITICAL
13	13	GOVERNMENTAL FACILITIES
14	14	Sec. 2311.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
15	15	(1) "Combined heating and power system" means a system
16	16	that:
17	17	(A) is located on the site of a facility;
18	18	(B) is the primary source of both electricity and
19	19	thermal energy for the facility;
20	20	(C) can provide all of the electricity needed to
21	21	power the facility's critical emergency operations for at least 14
22	22	days; and
23	23	(D) has an overall efficiency of energy use that
24	24	exceeds 60 percent.
25	25	(2) "Critical governmental facility" means a building
26	26	owned by the state or a political subdivision of the state that is
27	27	expected to:
28	28	(A) be continuously occupied;
29	29	(B) maintain operations for at least 6,000 hours
30	30	each year;
31	31	(C) have a peak electricity demand exceeding 500
32	32	kilowatts; and
33	33	(D) serve a critical public health or public
34	34	safety function during a natural disaster or other emergency
35	35	situation that may result in a widespread power outage, including
36	36	a:
37	37	(i) command and control center;
38	38	(ii) shelter;
39	39	(iii) prison or jail;
40	40	(iv) police or fire station;
41	41	(v) communications or data center;
42	42	(vi) water or wastewater facility;
43	43	(vii) hazardous waste storage facility;
44	44	(viii) biological research facility;
45	45	(ix) hospital; or
46	46	(x) food preparation or food storage
47	47	facility.
48	48	Sec. 2311.002. COMBINED HEATING AND POWER SYSTEMS. (a)
49	49	When constructing or extensively renovating a critical
50	50	governmental facility or replacing major heating, ventilation, and
51	51	air-conditioning equipment for a critical governmental facility,
52	52	the entity with charge and control of the facility shall evaluate
53	53	whether equipping the facility with a combined heating and power
54	54	system would result in expected energy savings that would exceed
55	55	the expected costs of purchasing, operating, and maintaining the
56	56	system over a 20-year period. Notwithstanding Chapter 2302, the
57	57	entity may equip the facility with a combined heating and power
58	58	system if the expected energy savings exceed the expected costs.
59	59	(b) The State Energy Conservation Office shall adopt rules
60	60	governing responsibility for payment of expenses in connection with
61	61	the evaluation required under Subsection (a). To the extent
62	62	possible, the rules shall provide for the evaluation to be
63	63	conducted by a third party willing to conduct the analysis without
64	64	cost to the governmental entity or a potential provider of services
65	65	in connection with the construction or extensive renovation of a
66	66	critical governmental facility or the replacement of major heating,
67	67	ventilation, and air-conditioning equipment for a critical
68	68	governmental facility. The rules shall also provide for the
69	69	payment of expenses from federal funds available for that purpose.
70	70	SECTION 2. Chapter 2311, Government Code, as added by this
71	71	Act, applies only to the construction or renovation of a building or
72	72	the replacement of equipment for a building for which the contract
73	73	is entered into on or after September 1, 2009.
74	74	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.