| 1 | 1 | | 87R7289 MWC-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Raymond H.B. No. 2158 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to a study on energy-efficient and energy-saving |
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| 8 | 8 | | information technologies. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: |
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| 11 | 11 | | (1) "Commission" means the Texas Facilities |
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| 12 | 12 | | Commission. |
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| 13 | 13 | | (2) "State agency" means a department, commission, |
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| 14 | 14 | | board, office, council, authority, or other agency in the |
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| 15 | 15 | | executive, legislative, or judicial branch of state government, |
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| 16 | 16 | | including a university system or institution of higher education as |
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| 17 | 17 | | defined by Section 61.003, Education Code, that is created by the |
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| 18 | 18 | | constitution or a statute of this state. |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 2. STUDY REGARDING ENERGY-EFFICIENT AND |
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| 20 | 20 | | ENERGY-SAVING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. (a) In collaboration with |
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| 21 | 21 | | the Department of Information Resources, the commission shall |
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| 22 | 22 | | conduct a study to develop a strategy for the maintenance, |
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| 23 | 23 | | purchase, and use by a state agency of energy-efficient and |
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| 24 | 24 | | energy-saving information technologies at state-owned and |
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| 25 | 25 | | state-operated facilities. |
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| 26 | 26 | | (b) In conducting the study, the commission shall consider: |
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| 27 | 27 | | (1) advanced metering infrastructure; |
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| 28 | 28 | | (2) energy-efficient data center strategies and |
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| 29 | 29 | | methods of increasing asset and infrastructure use; |
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| 30 | 30 | | (3) advanced power management tools; |
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| 31 | 31 | | (4) building information modeling, including building |
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| 32 | 32 | | energy management; |
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| 33 | 33 | | (5) secure telework and travel substitution |
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| 34 | 34 | | technologies; and |
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| 35 | 35 | | (6) mechanisms to ensure that a state agency realizes |
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| 36 | 36 | | the agency's energy cost savings achieved through use of |
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| 37 | 37 | | energy-efficient and energy-saving information technologies. |
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| 38 | 38 | | (c) The study must identify: |
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| 39 | 39 | | (1) performance goals for evaluating the efforts of |
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| 40 | 40 | | state agencies in improving the maintenance, purchase, and use of |
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| 41 | 41 | | energy-efficient and energy-saving information technology; |
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| 42 | 42 | | (2) recommended best practices for use in improving |
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| 43 | 43 | | the maintenance, purchase, and use of energy-efficient and |
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| 44 | 44 | | energy-saving information technology; |
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| 45 | 45 | | (3) the steps necessary to implement recommended best |
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| 46 | 46 | | practices; and |
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| 47 | 47 | | (4) the benefits to this state in implementing the |
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| 48 | 48 | | recommended best practices. |
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| 49 | 49 | | SECTION 3. REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE. Not later than |
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| 50 | 50 | | December 1, 2022, the commission shall submit a report to the |
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| 51 | 51 | | governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of |
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| 52 | 52 | | representatives, and each standing committee of the legislature |
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| 53 | 53 | | with jurisdiction over state-owned and state-operated facilities |
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| 54 | 54 | | that includes the results of the study and any recommendations of |
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| 55 | 55 | | the commission related to the study and statutory changes necessary |
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| 56 | 56 | | to implement needed changes to those facilities. |
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| 57 | 57 | | SECTION 4. EXPIRATION. This Act expires September 1, 2023. |
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| 58 | 58 | | SECTION 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect September |
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| 59 | 59 | | 1, 2021. |
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