79R13044 YDB-D


By:  Leibowitz                                                    H.B. No. 2442

Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2442:                                   

By:  Frost                                                    C.S.H.B. No. 2442



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to power management software for state agencies and public 
institutions of higher education.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  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 and to track and verify the amount of energy 
savings realized by state agencies using the software.
	(b)  As determined by the department, each state agency, 
including an institution of higher education as defined by Section 
61.003, Education Code, that would benefit from using power 
management software that would provide cost savings to the state 
shall purchase or lease the software for the agency's computer 
networks to manage the energy usage of the agency's networked 
personal computers.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.