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.