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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to energy and water conservation measures of state |
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agencies. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 2166.406(c), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(c) Each energy or water conservation measure, including a |
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measure undertaken by a state agency in the maintenance, repair, or |
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construction of a building, including a building otherwise excepted |
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from this chapter under Section 2166.003, that is implemented |
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internally or through an energy savings performance contract must |
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comply with current local, state, and federal construction, |
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plumbing, and environmental codes and regulations. A plumbing |
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fixture or technology or other material used for a water |
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conservation measure under this subsection must provide the maximum |
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amount of water savings. Notwithstanding Subsection (a), an energy |
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savings performance contract may not include improvements or |
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equipment that allow or cause water from any condensing, cooling, |
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or industrial process or any system of nonpotable usage over which |
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the public water supply system officials do not have sanitary |
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control to be returned to the potable water supply. |
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SECTION 2. Section 2166.406, Government Code, as amended by |
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this Act, applies only to an energy or water conservation measure |
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undertaken by a state agency on or after January 1, 2010. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |