87R7289 MWC-D
By: Raymond H.B. No. 2158
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a study on energy-efficient and energy-saving
information technologies.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS. In this Act:
(1) "Commission" means the Texas Facilities
Commission.
(2) "State agency" means a department, commission,
board, office, council, authority, or other agency in the
executive, legislative, or judicial branch of state government,
including a university system or institution of higher education as
defined by Section 61.003, Education Code, that is created by the
constitution or a statute of this state.
SECTION 2. STUDY REGARDING ENERGY-EFFICIENT AND
ENERGY-SAVING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. (a) In collaboration with
the Department of Information Resources, the commission shall
conduct a study to develop a strategy for the maintenance,
purchase, and use by a state agency of energy-efficient and
energy-saving information technologies at state-owned and
state-operated facilities.
(b) In conducting the study, the commission shall consider:
(1) advanced metering infrastructure;
(2) energy-efficient data center strategies and
methods of increasing asset and infrastructure use;
(3) advanced power management tools;
(4) building information modeling, including building
energy management;
(5) secure telework and travel substitution
technologies; and
(6) mechanisms to ensure that a state agency realizes
the agency's energy cost savings achieved through use of
energy-efficient and energy-saving information technologies.
(c) The study must identify:
(1) performance goals for evaluating the efforts of
state agencies in improving the maintenance, purchase, and use of
energy-efficient and energy-saving information technology;
(2) recommended best practices for use in improving
the maintenance, purchase, and use of energy-efficient and
energy-saving information technology;
(3) the steps necessary to implement recommended best
practices; and
(4) the benefits to this state in implementing the
recommended best practices.
SECTION 3. REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE. Not later than
December 1, 2022, the commission shall submit a report to the
governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of
representatives, and each standing committee of the legislature
with jurisdiction over state-owned and state-operated facilities
that includes the results of the study and any recommendations of
the commission related to the study and statutory changes necessary
to implement needed changes to those facilities.
SECTION 4. EXPIRATION. This Act expires September 1, 2023.
SECTION 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect September
1, 2021.