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SENATE RESOLUTION
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BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Texas, 80th |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, That Senate Rule 12.03 be |
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suspended in part as provided by Senate Rule 12.08 to enable the |
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conference committee appointed to resolve the differences on |
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Senate Bill No. 12 (programs for the enhancement of air quality, |
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including energy efficiency standards in state purchasing and |
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energy consumption; providing penalties) to consider and take |
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action on the following matters: |
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(1) Senate Rules 12.03(3) and (4) are suspended to permit |
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the committee to change the text of SECTION 1.05 of the bill by |
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adding the following text at the end of Subsection (e), Section |
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382.213, Health and Safety Code: |
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The only cost to be paid by a recycler for the residual |
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scrap metal of vehicles retired under this section shall be the |
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cost of transportation of the residual scrap metal to the |
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recycling facility. |
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Explanation: The change is necessary to allow recyclers |
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to pay only the cost of transporting residual scrap metal when |
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receiving scrap metal from vehicles retired under a low-income |
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vehicle repair assistance, retrofit, and accelerated vehicle |
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retirement program. |
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(2) Senate Rules 12.03(3) and (4) are suspended to permit |
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the committee to change the text of SECTION 3.02 of the bill by |
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adding a new Subsection (f), Section 388.005, Health and Safety |
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Code, to read as follows: |
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(f) This section does not apply to an institution of |
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higher education or a state agency if: |
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(1) the State Energy Conservation Office determines |
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that, before September 1, 2007, the institution or agency adopted |
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a plan for conserving energy under which the institution or |
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agency has set a percentage goal for reducing electric |
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consumption; and |
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(2) the institution or agency submits reports on its |
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conservation plan not less than quarterly to the governor, the |
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Legislative Budget Board, and the State Energy Conservation |
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Office. |
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Explanation: The change is necessary to exempt |
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institutions of higher education and state agencies from the |
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energy efficiency requirements of Section 388.005, Health and |
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Safety Code, if the institution or agency has already implemented |
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an energy efficiency plan. |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on May 27, 2007. |
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Secretary of the Senate |