84R11939 AAF-D
By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 913
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to energy and water management planning and reporting
requirements for state agencies and institutions of higher
education.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 447.009(c) and (e), Government Code,
are amended 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,
transportation fuel [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. 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 January 15 [December 1] of each
odd-numbered [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 2. Section 2166.409, Government Code, is repealed.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.