By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 533
(Keffer)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a review of cost savings to state agencies and
institutions of higher education under energy savings performance
contracts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 51.927, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (l) to read as follows:
(l) The guidelines established under Subsection (i) must
require the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to:
(1) review any reports submitted to the board that
measure and verify cost savings to an institution of higher
education under an energy savings performance contract; and
(2) based on the reports, provide an analysis, on a
periodic basis, of the cost savings under the energy savings
performance contract to the governing board of the institution of
higher education and the Legislative Budget Board until the
governing board of the institution of higher education determines
that the analysis is no longer required to accurately measure cost
savings.
SECTION 2. Section 2166.406, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (l) to read as follows:
(l) The guidelines adopted under Subsection (i) must
require the State Energy Conservation Office to:
(1) review any reports submitted to the office that
measure and verify cost savings to a state agency under an energy
savings performance contract; and
(2) based on the reports, provide an analysis, on a
periodic basis, of the cost savings under the energy savings
performance contract to the state agency and the Legislative Budget
Board until the state agency determines that the analysis is no
longer required to accurately measure cost savings.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2013.