By Saunders                                           H.B. No. 2777
                                 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
    1-1                                AN ACT
    1-2  relating to the coordination of energy policy and conservation in
    1-3  Texas.
    1-4        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
    1-5        SECTION 1.  Section 2305.002, Government Code, is amended to
    1-6  read as follows:
    1-7        Sec. 2305.002.  Definitions.  In this chapter:
    1-8              (1)  "Account" means the oil overcharge account.
    1-9              (2)  "Applicable federal guidelines" means federal
   1-10  court judgments or orders, case settlements, laws, regulations, or
   1-11  other requirements or discretionary authority, imposed by the
   1-12  judicial, legislative, or executive branch, that govern or restrict
   1-13  the use of money received by the state because of petroleum
   1-14  overcharge litigation relating to the overpricing of crude oil or
   1-15  refined petroleum products during the 1973-1981 period of mandatory
   1-16  federal price controls.
   1-17              (3)  "Energy office" means the energy office of the
   1-18  Texas Committee on Energy Policy, chaired by the governor.
   1-19              (4)  "Committee" means the Texas Committee on Energy
   1-20  Policy.
   1-21              (5) <(4)>  "Supervising state agency" means the state
   1-22  agency, department, commission, or other entity designated by this
   1-23  chapter or by the committee <governor> to supervise, manage, or
    2-1  administer a program financed under this chapter.
    2-2        SECTION 2.  Section 2305.011, Government Code, is amended to
    2-3  read as follows:
    2-4        Sec. 2305.011.  Administration by Texas Committee on Energy
    2-5  Policy <Governor>.  (a)  Subject to Section 2305.013, the
    2-6  committee, chaired by the governor, may:
    2-7              (1)  finance a project under this chapter; and
    2-8              (2)  oversee and monitor the administration of a
    2-9  program prescribed by this chapter.
   2-10        (b)  the committee, chaired by the governor, may establish
   2-11  direct grant programs and competitive grant programs in addition to
   2-12  the programs provided by this chapter.
   2-13        (c)  the committee, chaired by the governor, shall:
   2-14              (1)  determine the supervising state agency for each
   2-15  competitive grant program and for each direct grant program
   2-16  established by the governor or the committee;
   2-17              (2)  establish programs and criteria and evaluate a
   2-18  proposal in accordance with applicable federal guidelines; and
   2-19              (3)  send to the appropriate federal entity all
   2-20  information required under applicable federal guidelines.
   2-21        (d)  Criteria established under this section may apply
   2-22  generally to all programs or specifically to one or more programs.
   2-23        SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1995.
   2-24        SECTION 4.  The importance of this legislation and the
   2-25  crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
    3-1  emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
    3-2  constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
    3-3  days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.