Amend CSSB 1863 (House Committee Report) by adding the 
following appropriately numbered ARTICLE to the bill and 
renumbering subsequent ARTICLES of the bill accordingly:

ARTICLE __.  POWER MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE
	SECTION __.01.  Subchapter F, Chapter 2054, Government Code, 
is amended by adding Section 2054.133 to read as follows:
	Sec. 2054.133.  POWER MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE.  (a)  After 
researching the software available, the department shall select 
power management software to be used, if technically feasible, by 
state agencies, including institutions of higher education as 
defined by Section 61.003, Education Code, to reduce the amount of 
energy required to operate state computer networks and networked 
personal computers.
	(b)  As determined by the department, each state agency, 
including an institution of higher education, that would benefit 
from using power management software that would provide cost 
savings to this state in the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 
2007, shall purchase, lease, or otherwise acquire the software for 
the agency's computer networks to manage the energy usage of the 
agency's networked personal computers.