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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a review of cost savings to state agencies and |
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institutions of higher education under energy savings performance |
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contracts. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 51.927, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (l) to read as follows: |
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(l) The guidelines established under Subsection (i) must |
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require the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to: |
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(1) review any reports submitted to the board that |
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measure and verify cost savings to an institution of higher |
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education under an energy savings performance contract; and |
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(2) based on the reports, provide an analysis, on a |
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periodic basis, of the cost savings under the energy savings |
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performance contract to the governing board of the institution of |
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higher education and the Legislative Budget Board until the |
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governing board of the institution of higher education determines |
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that the analysis is no longer required to accurately measure cost |
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savings. |
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SECTION 2. Section 2166.406, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (l) to read as follows: |
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(l) The guidelines adopted under Subsection (i) must |
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require the State Energy Conservation Office to: |
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(1) review any reports submitted to the office that |
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measure and verify cost savings to a state agency under an energy |
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savings performance contract; and |
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(2) based on the reports, provide an analysis, on a |
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periodic basis, of the cost savings under the energy savings |
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performance contract to the state agency and the Legislative Budget |
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Board until the state agency determines that the analysis is no |
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longer required to accurately measure cost savings. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |