By: Hegar S.B. No. 700
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to energy and water management planning and reporting by
state agencies and institutions of higher education.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 447.009, Government Code,
is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 447.009. ENERGY AND WATER MANAGEMENT PLANNING;
REPORTING.
SECTION 2. Section 447.009, Government Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (e) to read as
follows:
(c) The state energy conservation office shall prepare
guidelines for preparation of the plan described in Subsection
(a)(3) and develop a template for state agencies and institutions
of higher education to use in creating the plan. Each state agency
and institution of higher education shall set percentage goals for
reducing the agency's or institution's use of water, electricity,
gasoline, and natural gas and include those goals in the agency's or
institution's comprehensive energy and water management plan. A
state agency or an institution of higher education that occupies a
state-owned building shall prepare and implement a five-year energy
and water management plan and shall submit that plan to the office
upon request. The agency or institution shall update its plan
annually [biennially]. A state agency or an institution of higher
education that occupies a building not owned by the state shall
cooperate with the office in addressing the energy or water
management of that building.
(e) Not later than December 1 of each even-numbered year,
the state energy conservation office shall submit a report to the
governor and the Legislative Budget Board on the status and
effectiveness of the utility management and conservation efforts of
state agencies and institutions of higher education. The report
must include information submitted to the office from each state
agency and institution of higher education. The office shall post
the report on the office's Internet website.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.