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	Amend CSSB 12 (House Committee Printing) in Article 3 of the 
bill by inserting the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS and 
renumbering subsequent SECTIONS accordingly:
	SECTION 3.____.  Subtitle C, Title 5, Health and Safety 
Code, is amended by adding Chapter 392 to read as follows:

CHAPTER 392.  APPLIANCE EFFICIENCY STANDARDS
	Sec. 392.001.  MINIMUM EFFICIENCY STANDARDS FOR CERTAIN 
APPLIANCES.  Not later than September 1, 2008, the comptroller, in 
consultation with the state energy conservation office, shall adopt 
rules establishing minimum efficiency standards for each type of 
new product described by Section 392.002(a).  The standards adopted 
must be the same standards as have been adopted in at least one 
other state to reduce energy use.
	Sec. 392.002.  APPLICABILITY; EXEMPTIONS.  (a)  This chapter 
applies to the following new products sold, offered for sale, or 
installed in this state:
		(1)  bottle-type water dispensers;                                     
		(2)  commercial hot food holding cabinets;                             
		(3)  compact audio products;                                           
		(4)  DVD players and recorders;                                        
		(5)  metal halide lamp fixtures;                                       
		(6)  portable electric spas;                                           
		(7)  residential pool pumps;                                           
		(8)  single-voltage external AC to DC power supplies; 
and            
		(9)  state-regulated incandescent reflector lamps.                     
	(b)  This chapter does not apply to:                                    
		(1)  a new product manufactured in this state and sold 
outside this state;
		(2)  a new product manufactured outside this state and 
sold at wholesale inside this state for final retail sale and 
installation outside this state; or
		(3)  a product installed in a mobile manufactured home 
at the time of the home's construction.
	Sec. 392.003.  PRODUCT COMPLIANCE.  (a)  A new product 
described by Section 392.002(a) may not be sold or offered for sale 
in this state unless the efficiency of the new product meets or 
exceeds the applicable efficiency standards prescribed by the rules 
adopted under this chapter.
	(b)  On or after the first anniversary of the date the sale or 
offering for sale of a new product becomes subject to an efficiency 
standard adopted under this chapter, that product may not be 
installed for compensation in this state unless the efficiency of 
the product meets or exceeds the applicable efficiency standards 
prescribed by the rules adopted under this chapter.
	Sec. 392.004.  PRODUCT CERTIFICATION.  (a)  Except as 
provided by Subsection (c), the manufacturer of a new product 
subject to an efficiency standard adopted under this chapter shall 
certify in writing to the comptroller that the product is in 
compliance with that standard.  The comptroller shall accept as an 
alternative certification a product's certification to another 
state with like standards if that state publishes a database of 
compliant products.
	(b)  The comptroller shall adopt rules governing the 
certification of products under this section and shall coordinate 
certification by this state with the certification programs of 
other states and federal agencies with similar standards.
	(c)  Subsection (a) does not apply to a manufacturer of 
single-voltage external AC to DC power supplies.
	Sec. 392.005.  COMPLAINTS.  The comptroller shall 
investigate a complaint received concerning a violation of this 
chapter and shall report the results of the investigation to the 
attorney general.
	Sec. 392.006.  ATTORNEY GENERAL ENFORCEMENT.  The attorney 
general may institute proceedings to enforce this chapter.
	Sec. 392.007.  VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES.  (a)  The 
comptroller shall issue a warning to a person for the person's first 
violation of this chapter.
	(b)  A person's second and subsequent violations are subject 
to a civil penalty of not more than $250.
	(c)  Each violation constitutes a separate violation, and 
each day that a violation continues constitutes a separate 
violation.
	Sec. 392.008.  RULES FOR IMPLEMENTATION AND ENFORCEMENT.  
The comptroller may adopt additional rules necessary to ensure the 
proper implementation and enforcement of this chapter.
	SECTION 3.____.  (a)  The efficiency standards prescribed by 
rules adopted under Chapter 392, Health and Safety Code, as added by 
this article, apply only to the sale or offer of sale of a new 
product to which that chapter applies that occurs on or after 
January 1, 2009.
	(b)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a) of this section:                           
		(1)  a new residential pool pump that does not meet the 
efficiency standards adopted under Chapter 392, Health and Safety 
Code, as added by this article, may be sold in this state through 
December 31, 2009; and
		(2)  a new single-voltage external AC to DC power 
supply made available by a manufacturer directly to a consumer or to 
a service or repair facility after and separate from the original 
sale of a product requiring the power supply as a service part or 
spare part is not required to meet the standards adopted under 
Chapter 392, Health and Safety Code, as added by this article, until 
January 1, 2013.