Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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1	1	89R9576 CMO-D
2	2	By: Hernandez H.B. No. 2222
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to the establishment of an energy efficiency program for
10	10	school districts and open-enrollment charter schools.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Section 447.003, Government Code, is amended to
13	13	read as follows:
14	14	Sec. 447.003. LIAISON TO FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. The state
15	15	energy conservation office is the state liaison to the federal
16	16	government for the implementation and administration of federal
17	17	programs relating to state agency energy matters. The office shall
18	18	administer state programs established under:
19	19	(1) Part D, Title III, Energy Policy and Conservation
20	20	Act (42 U.S.C. Section 6321 et seq.), and its subsequent
21	21	amendments;
22	22	(2) Part G, Title III, Energy Policy and Conservation
23	23	Act (42 U.S.C. Section 6371 et seq.), and its subsequent
24	24	amendments; [and]
25	25	(3) the Clean School Bus Program and other energy
26	26	conservation, resilience, and reliability programs established by
27	27	the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Pub. L. No. 117-58),
28	28	and its subsequent amendments; and
29	29	(4) other federal energy conservation programs as
30	30	assigned to the office by the governor or the legislature.
31	31	SECTION 2. Section 2305.031, Government Code, is amended to
32	32	read as follows:
33	33	Sec. 2305.031. OIL OVERCHARGE PROGRAMS. (a) The energy
34	34	office shall maintain a revolving loan program for the benefit of:
35	35	(1) state agencies, universities, and political
36	36	subdivisions; and
37	37	(2) open-enrollment charter schools for the purposes
38	38	of Section 2305.040.
39	39	(b) The energy office shall use oil overcharge funds for the
40	40	programs and purposes in this subchapter.
41	41	SECTION 3. Subchapter D, Chapter 2305, Government Code, is
42	42	amended by adding Section 2305.040 to read as follows:
43	43	Sec. 2305.040. ENERGY EFFICIENT SCHOOLS PROGRAM. (a) In
44	44	this section, "bus" means a bus operated by or contracted for use by
45	45	a school district or open-enrollment charter school to transport
46	46	schoolchildren.
47	47	(b) The energy efficient schools program is a program to
48	48	promote, facilitate, and support the use of electric buses and
49	49	solar panels by school districts and open-enrollment charter
50	50	schools through grants, partnerships, and loans.
51	51	(c) The energy office is the supervising agency for the
52	52	energy efficient schools program.
53	53	(d) A project funded under the energy efficient schools
54	54	program may include:
55	55	(1) the acquisition of electric buses and charging
56	56	stations by school districts and open-enrollment charter schools;
57	57	(2) the acquisition of solar panels for school
58	58	campuses by school districts and open-enrollment charter schools;
59	59	and
60	60	(3) electricity storage projects to provide efficient
61	61	means of making stored energy available during periods of peak
62	62	energy use, including:
63	63	(A) projects to store electricity in buses; and
64	64	(B) projects to store electricity produced from
65	65	solar generation.
66	66	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.