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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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the software for the agency's computer networks to manage the |
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energy usage of the agency's networked personal computers. This |
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subsection expires September 1, 2009. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007 |
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