Bill Text: TX SB59 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Relating to energy and water management planning and reporting requirements for state agencies and institutions of higher education.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2017-05-29 - Effective on 9/1/17 [SB59 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-SB59-Comm_Sub.html

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By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 59
(Kuempel)

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. Section 447.009, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 447.009. ENERGY AND WATER MANAGEMENT PLANNING;
REPORTING. (a) The state energy conservation office shall provide
energy and water management planning assistance to a state agency
or an institution of higher education, including assistance to:
(1) [preparation by the agency or institution of a
long-range plan for the delivery of reliable, cost-effective
utility services for the state agency or institution;
[(2) assistance to] the Department of Public Safety
for energy emergency contingency planning, using state or federal
funds when available; and
(2) [(3) assistance to] each state agency or
institution of higher education in preparing comprehensive energy
and water management plans[; and
[(4) assistance to state agencies other than
institutions of higher education in meeting the requirements of
Section 447.002, including assistance in scheduling and assigning
priorities to implementation plans to ensure that state agencies
adopt qualified cost-effective efficiency measures and programs
for all state facilities not later than September 1, 2006].
(b) [A state agency or an institution of higher education
shall develop the plan described in Subsection (a)(1) and submit
the plan to the state energy conservation office upon request. The
agency or institution shall use the plan in preparing its five-year
construction and major renovation plans. After other energy-saving
or water-saving alternatives are considered, district heating and
cooling or on-site generation of electricity may be considered in
planning for reliable, efficient, and cost-effective utility
services.
[(c)] The state energy conservation office shall prepare
guidelines for preparation of the plan described in Subsection
(a)(2) [(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.]
(c) [(d)] The comprehensive energy and water management
plan described in Subsection (a)(2) [(a)(3)] shall be included in
the five-year construction and major repair and rehabilitation
plans for institutions of higher education as required by Section
61.0651, Education Code.
(d) [(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. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.