Amend CSSB 1863 by adding the following Article     . and 
renumbering the following Articles accordingly.

ARTICLE      .  WATER CONSERVATION SYSTEMS FOR CORRECTIONAL 
FACILITIES
	SECTION      .  Chapter 493, Government Code, is amended by 
adding Section 493.0101 to read as follows:
	Sec.493.0101.  WATER CONSERVATION SYSTEMS FOR CORRECTIONAL 
FACILITIES.  (a)  The department shall contract with a performance 
contractor to hire a private vendor, at no initial cost to the 
state, to install electronic water conservation systems on prison 
toilets, sinks, and showers.
	(b)  A performance contractor contracting with the department 
under this section shall:
		(1)  demonstrate that the electronic water conservation 
systems used will yield the greatest amount of annual water 
consumption and maintenance cost savings available.
	(c)  A contract between the department and a performance 
contractor under this section must include a provision that will 
ensure a budget-neutral or positive fiscal impact to the state.
	(d)  The department shall contract for the installation of 
the conservation systems in every correctional facility.  In 
designating the order of installation in a correctional facility 
under this subsection, the department shall consider:
		(1)  the facility where the greatest amount of savings 
can be achieved;
		(2)  the age of the facility; and                                             
		(3)  the potential operational and security concerns of 
the facility.
	(e)  A performance contractor that contracts with the 
department under this section may not receive any remuneration 
under the contract until cost savings to the state have been 
verified.
	(f)  Not later than December 31, 2006, the department shall 
submit a progress report to the lieutenant governor, speaker of the 
house of representatives, and the Legislative Budget Board.  The 
report must include an evaluation of the initial installation of 
the water conservation systems, effectiveness of the technology 
used, and the amount of cost savings to the state.  The department 
may request assistance from the State Auditor and the Legislative 
Budget Board with the preparation of the report and the calculation 
of savings.
	SECTION     .  (a)  Not later than October 1, 2005, the Texas 
Department of Criminal Justice shall submit a request for proposals 
from performance contractors to provide water conservation systems 
under Section 493.0101, Government Code, as added by this Act.
	(b)  The installation of the water conservation systems 
described by Subsection (a) of this section shall begin not later 
than February 1, 2006, and shall be completed by January 1, 2011.