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Amend CSSB 300 (Senate committee report) as follows:                         
	(1)  In SECTION 3 of the bill, in amended Section 44.902, 
Education Code (page 1, line 48), between "ENERGY." and "The", 
insert "(a)".
	(2)  In SECTION 3 of the bill, in amended Section 44.902, 
Education Code (page 1, between lines 53 and 54), insert the 
following:
	(b)  The plan required under Subsection (a) must include:               
		(1)  strategies for achieving energy efficiency that:                  
			(A)  result in net savings for the district; or                       
			(B)  can be achieved without financial cost to the 
district; and    
		(2)  for each strategy identified under Subdivision 
(1), the initial, short-term capital costs and lifetime costs and 
savings that may result from implementation of the strategy.
	(c)  In determining under Subsection (b) whether a strategy 
may result in financial cost to the district, the board of trustees 
shall consider the total net costs and savings that may occur over 
the seven-year period following implementation of the strategy.
	(d)  The board of trustees may submit the plan required under 
Subsection (a) to the State Energy Conservation Office for the 
purposes of determining whether funds available through loan 
programs administered by the office are available to the district.