81R626 BEF-D
By: Strama H.B. No. 2019
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to design, construction, and renovation standards for
state buildings and facilities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter I, Chapter 2166, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 2166.409 to read as follows:
Sec. 2166.409. HIGH-PERFORMANCE, SUSTAINABLE DESIGN,
CONSTRUCTION, AND RENOVATION STANDARDS FOR STATE BUILDINGS.
(a) This section applies to the construction of a state building,
or the renovation of a state building the cost of which is more than
50 percent of the value of the building, including a building for
education, assembly, or office occupancy under the charge and
control of the Texas Department of Transportation, the Parks and
Wildlife Department, the Texas Department of Housing and Community
Affairs, the Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation, or the
Veterans' Land Board that is otherwise exempt from this chapter
under Section 2166.003.
(b) A building to which this section applies must be
designed and constructed or renovated so that the building achieves
certification under a high-performance building standard that:
(1) is developed and revised through a consensus-based
process;
(2) provides minimum requirements for energy use,
natural resources use, and indoor air quality;
(3) requires substantiating documentation for
certification;
(4) employs third-party, post-construction review and
verification for certification; and
(5) is determined by the state energy conservation
office to be nationally recognized in the building industry.
(c) A contract between the commission and a private design
professional relating to services in connection with the
construction or renovation of a building to which this section
applies must provide that, for billing purposes, any service
provided by the private design professional that is necessary to
satisfy the requirements of Subsection (b) is considered an
additional service rather than a basic service.
SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 55, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 55.115 to read as follows:
Sec. 55.115. HIGH-PERFORMANCE, SUSTAINABLE DESIGN,
CONSTRUCTION, AND RENOVATION STANDARDS FOR CERTAIN FACILITIES.
(a) This section applies to the construction of an institution of
higher education building, structure, or other facility, or the
renovation of a building, structure, or other facility the cost of
which is more than 50 percent of the value of the building,
structure, or other facility, any part of the construction or
renovation of which is financed by revenue bonds issued under this
subchapter.
(b) A building, structure, or other facility to which this
section applies must be designed and constructed or renovated so
that the building, structure, or other facility achieves
certification under a high-performance building standard that:
(1) is developed and revised through a consensus-based
process;
(2) provides minimum requirements for energy use,
natural resources use, and indoor air quality;
(3) requires substantiating documentation for
certification;
(4) employs third-party, post-construction review and
verification for certification; and
(5) is determined by the state energy conservation
office to be nationally recognized in the building industry.
(c) A contract between an institution of higher education
and a private design professional, as defined by Section 2166.001,
Government Code, relating to services in connection with the
construction or renovation of a building, structure, or other
facility to which this section applies must provide that, for
billing purposes, any service provided by the private design
professional that is necessary to satisfy the requirements of
Subsection (b) is considered an additional service rather than a
basic service.
SECTION 3. Section 55.115, Education Code, and Section
2166.409, Government Code, as added by this Act, apply only to an
institution of higher education building, structure, or other
facility or a state building for which the contract for design
services is entered into on or after September 1, 2011.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.