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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to power management software for state agencies. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 2054, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 2054.124 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 2054.124. POWER MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE. (a) After |
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researching the software available, the department shall select |
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power management software to be used, if technically feasible, by |
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state agencies to reduce the amount of energy required to operate |
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state computer networks and networked personal computers. |
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(b) As determined by the department, each state agency that |
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would benefit from using power management software that would |
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provide cost savings to this state in the state fiscal biennium |
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ending August 31, 2009, shall purchase, lease, or otherwise acquire |
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and use the software for the agency's computer networks to manage |
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the energy usage of the agency's networked personal computers. |
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This subsection expires September 1, 2009. |
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(c) An institution of higher education shall purchase, |
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lease, or otherwise acquire and use power management software only |
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if the department, in consultation with the Information Technology |
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Council for Higher Education, determines that the institution of |
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higher education's use of power management software would provide |
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cost savings to this state. In making a determination under this |
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subsection, the department must perform the analysis described by |
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Section 2054.121(c). The analysis must include an assessment of |
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how the use of power management software affects the security of |
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electronic data, including data protected from public disclosure by |
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state or federal law. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |