84R8651 JAM-D
By: Raney H.B. No. 2919
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an energy efficiency pilot program for state-owned
buildings operated by the Texas Facilities Commission.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter I, Chapter 2166, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 2166.410 to read as follows:
Sec. 2166.410. ENERGY EFFICIENCY PILOT PROGRAM. (a) The
Energy Systems Laboratory at the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment
Station, in consultation with the commission and the State Energy
Conservation Office, shall establish and implement a pilot program
in which:
(1) the State Energy Conservation Office makes or
guarantees loans used to finance improvements that will increase
the energy efficiency of state-owned buildings maintained by the
commission; and
(2) the savings in utility costs resulting from the
improvements made under Subdivision (1) generate a 30 percent
return on the costs of the improvements.
(b) A loan made or guaranteed under this section must have
an amortization period twice as long as the projected period in
which the loan could be repaid with utility cost savings
attributable to the improvements made under this section.
(c) Money attributable to utility cost savings resulting
from the program may only be appropriated to the commission.
(d) This section expires August 31, 2020.
SECTION 2. 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.