83R9370 MTB-D
By: Turner of Tarrant H.B. No. 1854
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the appropriation of money from the economic
stabilization fund to be used for upgrading fixtures and materials
in state buildings to maximize energy and water conservation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The amount of $250 million is appropriated from
the economic stabilization fund to the comptroller for the purpose
of depositing that amount to the credit of the general revenue fund
as money available for use by the Texas Facilities Commission
during the state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2013, for
the purposes of upgrading fixtures and materials in state buildings
to maximize energy and water conservation, including for projects
relating to:
(1) insulation;
(2) lighting;
(3) ventilation;
(4) climate control;
(5) water-conserving fixtures, appliances, and
equipment or the substitution of non-water-using fixtures,
appliances, and equipment;
(6) water-conserving landscape irrigation equipment;
(7) landscaping measures that reduce watering demands
and capture and hold applied water and rainfall, including:
(A) landscape contouring, including the use of
berms, swales, and terraces; and
(B) the use of soil amendments that increase the
water-holding capacity of the soil, including compost;
(8) rainwater harvesting equipment and equipment to
make use of water collected as part of a storm-water system
installed for water quality control;
(9) equipment for recycling or reusing water
originating on the premises or from other sources, including
treated municipal effluent;
(10) equipment needed to capture water from
nonconventional, alternate sources, including air conditioning
condensate or graywater, for nonpotable uses;
(11) metering equipment needed to segregate water use
in order to identify water conservation opportunities or verify
water savings;
(12) special energy requirements of health-related
facilities of higher education and state agencies; and
(13) any other item that the commission considers
appropriate.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013, but only
if it receives a vote of two-thirds of the members present in each
house of the legislature, as provided by Section 49-g(m), Article
III, Texas Constitution.