78R5420 JJT-D

By:  Farabee                                                      H.B. No. 1616



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to state energy conservation office cooperation with 
federal programs related to research on and development and 
demonstration of fuel cells.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Chapter 447, Government Code, as amended by 
Chapters 573, 1158, and 1398, Acts of the 77th Legislature, 2001, is 
amended by adding Section 447.012 to read as follows:
	Sec. 447.012.  FUEL CELL DEVELOPMENT.  The state energy 
conservation office shall undertake to partner with the United 
States Department of Energy and other federal agencies or programs 
to develop cooperative programs related to research on, development 
of, and demonstration of fuel cell technology in this state.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.