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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a study on energy-efficient and energy-saving |
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information technologies. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: |
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(1) "Commission" means the Texas Facilities |
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Commission. |
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(2) "State agency" means a department, commission, |
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board, office, council, authority, or other agency in the |
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executive, legislative, or judicial branch of state government, |
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including a university system or institution of higher education as |
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defined by Section 61.003, Education Code, that is created by the |
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constitution or a statute of this state. |
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SECTION 2. STUDY REGARDING ENERGY-EFFICIENT AND |
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ENERGY-SAVING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. (a) In collaboration with |
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the Department of Information Resources, the commission shall |
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conduct a study to develop a strategy for the maintenance, |
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purchase, and use by a state agency of energy-efficient and |
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energy-saving information technologies at state-owned and |
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state-operated facilities. |
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(b) In conducting the study, the commission shall consider: |
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(1) advanced metering infrastructure; |
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(2) energy-efficient data center strategies and |
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methods of increasing asset and infrastructure use; |
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(3) advanced power management tools; |
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(4) building information modeling, including building |
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energy management; |
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(5) secure telework and travel substitution |
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technologies; and |
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(6) mechanisms to ensure that a state agency realizes |
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the agency's energy cost savings achieved through use of |
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energy-efficient and energy-saving information technologies. |
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(c) The study must identify: |
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(1) performance goals for evaluating the efforts of |
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state agencies in improving the maintenance, purchase, and use of |
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energy-efficient and energy-saving information technology; |
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(2) recommended best practices for use in improving |
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the maintenance, purchase, and use of energy-efficient and |
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energy-saving information technology; |
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(3) the steps necessary to implement recommended best |
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practices; and |
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(4) the benefits to this state in implementing the |
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recommended best practices. |
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SECTION 3. REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE. Not later than |
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December 1, 2022, the commission shall submit a report to the |
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governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of |
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representatives, and each standing committee of the legislature |
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with jurisdiction over state-owned and state-operated facilities |
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that includes the results of the study and any recommendations of |
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the commission related to the study and statutory changes necessary |
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to implement needed changes to those facilities. |
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SECTION 4. EXPIRATION. This Act expires September 1, 2023. |
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SECTION 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect September |
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1, 2021. |