84R18743 JAM-F
By: Anchia H.B. No. 2392
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2392:
By: Anchia C.S.H.B. No. 2392
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the establishment of a residential energy efficiency
loan program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 388, Health and Safety Code, is amended
by adding Section 388.013 to read as follows:
Sec. 388.013. ENERGY EFFICIENCY LOAN PROGRAM. (a) The
comptroller and the State Energy Conservation Office by rule shall
establish and administer a self-sustaining program that issues
loans to be used for improvements that increase the energy
efficiency of residences that are not newly constructed.
(b) Rules adopted under this section must establish
eligibility requirements for receipt of a loan issued under this
section, including emissions reduction cost-effectiveness
criteria.
(c) The State Energy Conservation Office shall annually
submit to the commission and the laboratory a report that:
(1) evaluates the effectiveness of the program
established under this section; and
(2) quantifies energy savings and emissions
reductions as a result of this program for consideration in the
state implementation plan for emissions reduction credit.
SECTION 2. Section 389.002, Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 389.002. USE OF CERTAIN INFORMATION FOR FEDERAL
RECOGNITION OF EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS. The commission, using
information derived from the reports to the commission under
Sections 386.205, 388.003(e), [and] 388.006, and 388.013, shall
take all appropriate and necessary actions so that emissions
reductions achieved by means of activities under Chapters 386 and
388 are credited by the United States Environmental Protection
Agency to the appropriate emissions reduction objectives in the
state implementation plan.
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, 2015.