| 1 | 1 | | 84R30787 AAF-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 913 |
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| 3 | 3 | | (Minjarez) |
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| 4 | 4 | | Substitute the following for S.B. No. 913: No. |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to energy and water management planning and reporting |
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| 10 | 10 | | requirements for state agencies and institutions of higher |
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| 11 | 11 | | education. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Section 447.009, Government Code, is amended to |
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| 14 | 14 | | read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | Sec. 447.009. ENERGY AND WATER MANAGEMENT PLANNING; |
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| 16 | 16 | | REPORTING. (a) The state energy conservation office shall provide |
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| 17 | 17 | | energy and water management planning assistance to a state agency |
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| 18 | 18 | | or an institution of higher education, including assistance to: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (1) [preparation by the agency or institution of a |
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| 20 | 20 | | long-range plan for the delivery of reliable, cost-effective |
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| 21 | 21 | | utility services for the state agency or institution; |
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| 22 | 22 | | [(2) assistance to] the Department of Public Safety |
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| 23 | 23 | | for energy emergency contingency planning, using state or federal |
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| 24 | 24 | | funds when available; and |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2) [(3) assistance to] each state agency or |
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| 26 | 26 | | institution of higher education in preparing comprehensive energy |
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| 27 | 27 | | and water management plans[; and |
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| 28 | 28 | | [(4) assistance to state agencies other than |
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| 29 | 29 | | institutions of higher education in meeting the requirements of |
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| 30 | 30 | | Section 447.002, including assistance in scheduling and assigning |
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| 31 | 31 | | priorities to implementation plans to ensure that state agencies |
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| 32 | 32 | | adopt qualified cost-effective efficiency measures and programs |
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| 33 | 33 | | for all state facilities not later than September 1, 2006]. |
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| 34 | 34 | | (b) [A state agency or an institution of higher education |
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| 35 | 35 | | shall develop the plan described in Subsection (a)(1) and submit |
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| 36 | 36 | | the plan to the state energy conservation office upon request. The |
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| 37 | 37 | | agency or institution shall use the plan in preparing its five-year |
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| 38 | 38 | | construction and major renovation plans. After other energy-saving |
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| 39 | 39 | | or water-saving alternatives are considered, district heating and |
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| 40 | 40 | | cooling or on-site generation of electricity may be considered in |
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| 41 | 41 | | planning for reliable, efficient, and cost-effective utility |
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| 42 | 42 | | services. |
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| 43 | 43 | | [(c)] The state energy conservation office shall prepare |
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| 44 | 44 | | guidelines for preparation of the plan described in Subsection |
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| 45 | 45 | | (a)(2) [(a)(3)] and develop a template for state agencies and |
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| 46 | 46 | | institutions of higher education to use in creating the plan. Each |
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| 47 | 47 | | state agency and institution of higher education shall set |
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| 48 | 48 | | percentage goals for reducing the agency's or institution's use of |
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| 49 | 49 | | water, electricity, transportation fuel [gasoline], and natural |
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| 50 | 50 | | gas and include those goals in the agency's or institution's |
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| 51 | 51 | | comprehensive energy and water management plan. [A state agency or |
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| 52 | 52 | | an institution of higher education that occupies a state-owned |
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| 53 | 53 | | building shall prepare and implement a five-year energy and water |
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| 54 | 54 | | management plan and shall submit that plan to the office upon |
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| 55 | 55 | | request. The agency or institution shall update its plan annually. |
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| 56 | 56 | | A state agency or an institution of higher education that occupies a |
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| 57 | 57 | | building not owned by the state shall cooperate with the office in |
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| 58 | 58 | | addressing the energy or water management of that building.] |
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| 59 | 59 | | (c) [(d)] The comprehensive energy and water management |
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| 60 | 60 | | plan described in Subsection (a)(2) [(a)(3)] shall be included in |
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| 61 | 61 | | the five-year construction and major repair and rehabilitation |
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| 62 | 62 | | plans for institutions of higher education as required by Section |
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| 63 | 63 | | 61.0651, Education Code. |
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| 64 | 64 | | (d) [(e)] Not later than January 15 [December 1] of each |
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| 65 | 65 | | odd-numbered [even-numbered] year, the state energy conservation |
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| 66 | 66 | | office shall submit a report to the governor and the Legislative |
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| 67 | 67 | | Budget Board on the status and effectiveness of the utility |
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| 68 | 68 | | management and conservation efforts of state agencies and |
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| 69 | 69 | | institutions of higher education. The report must include |
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| 70 | 70 | | information submitted to the office from each state agency and |
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| 71 | 71 | | institution of higher education. The office shall post the report |
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| 72 | 72 | | on the office's Internet website. |
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| 73 | 73 | | SECTION 2. Section 2166.409, Government Code, is repealed. |
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| 74 | 74 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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