| 1 | 1 | | By: Anchia, Keffer (Senate Sponsor - Watson) H.B. No. 2392 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 14, 2015; |
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| 3 | 3 | | May 21, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Business |
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| 4 | 4 | | and Commerce; May 22, 2015, reported favorably by the following |
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| 5 | 5 | | vote: Yeas 6, Nays 2; May 22, 2015, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | 6 | | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 9 | 9 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 10 | 10 | | AN ACT |
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| 11 | 11 | | relating to the establishment of a residential energy efficiency |
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| 12 | 12 | | loan program. |
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| 13 | 13 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 14 | 14 | | SECTION 1. Chapter 388, Health and Safety Code, is amended |
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| 15 | 15 | | by adding Section 388.013 to read as follows: |
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| 16 | 16 | | Sec. 388.013. ENERGY EFFICIENCY LOAN PROGRAM. (a) The |
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| 17 | 17 | | comptroller and the State Energy Conservation Office by rule shall |
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| 18 | 18 | | establish and administer a self-sustaining program that issues |
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| 19 | 19 | | loans to be used for improvements that increase the energy |
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| 20 | 20 | | efficiency of residences that are not newly constructed. |
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| 21 | 21 | | (b) Rules adopted under this section must establish |
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| 22 | 22 | | eligibility requirements for receipt of a loan issued under this |
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| 23 | 23 | | section, including energy savings cost-effectiveness criteria. |
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| 24 | 24 | | (c) The State Energy Conservation Office annually shall |
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| 25 | 25 | | evaluate the effectiveness of the program established under this |
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| 26 | 26 | | section and quantify energy savings realized as a result of the |
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| 27 | 27 | | program. |
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| 28 | 28 | | (d) Money from the general revenue fund may not be |
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| 29 | 29 | | appropriated for the purpose of implementing the program |
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| 30 | 30 | | established under this section. |
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| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 32 | 32 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 33 | 33 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 34 | 34 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 35 | 35 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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| 36 | 36 | | * * * * * |
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