Amend CSHB 1365 (Senate committee printing) by adding appropriately numbered new SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS accordingly, to read as follows: SECTION ____. Chapter 388, Health and Safety Code, is amended by adding Sections 388.009 and 388.010 to read as follows: Sec. 388.009. ENERGY-EFFICIENT BUILDING PROGRAM. (a) In this section, "National Housing Act" means Section 203(b), (i), or (k) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. Sections 1709(b), (i), and (k)), as amended. (b) The General Land Office, in consultation with the laboratory, the commission, and an advisory committee appointed by the General Land Office, may develop an energy-efficient building accreditation program for buildings that exceed the building energy performance standards under Section 388.003 by 15 percent or more. (c) If the General Land Office adopts a program under this section, the General Land Office, in consultation with the laboratory, shall update the program on or before December 1 of each even-numbered year using the best available energy-efficient building practices. (d) If the General Land Office adopts a program under this section, the program shall use a checklist system to produce an energy-efficient building scorecard to help: (1) home buyers compare potential homes and, by providing a copy of the completed scorecard to a mortgage lender, qualify for energy-efficient mortgages under the National Housing Act; and (2) communities qualify for emissions reduction credits by adopting codes that meet or exceed the energy-efficient building or energy performance standards established under this chapter. (e) The General Land Office may establish a public information program to inform homeowners, sellers, buyers, and others regarding energy-efficient building ratings. (f) If the General Land Office adopts a program under this section, the laboratory shall establish a system to measure the reduction in energy and emissions produced under the energy-efficient building program and report those savings to the commission. Sec. 388.010. OUTREACH TO NEAR-NONATTAINMENT AREAS. The commission shall conduct outreach to non-attainment areas, near-nonattainment areas and affected counties on the benefits of implementing energy efficiency initiatives, including the promotion of energy-efficient building programs and urban heat island mitigation techniques, as a way to meet air quality attainment goals under the federal Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. Section 7401 et seq.). SECTION ____. Chapter 389, Health and Safety Code, is amended by adding Section 389.003 to read as follows: Sec. 389.003. COMPUTING ENERGY EFFICIENCY EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS. The commission shall develop a method to use in computing emissions reductions obtained through energy efficiency initiatives.