S.B. No. 700
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to energy and water management planning and reporting by
  state agencies and institutions of higher education.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  The heading to Section 447.009, Government Code,
  is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 447.009.  ENERGY AND WATER MANAGEMENT PLANNING;
  REPORTING.
         SECTION 2.  Section 447.009, Government Code, is amended by
  amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (e) to read as
  follows:
         (c)  The state energy conservation office shall prepare
  guidelines for preparation of the plan described in Subsection
  (a)(3) and develop a template for state agencies and institutions
  of higher education to use in creating the plan. Each state agency
  and institution of higher education shall set percentage goals for
  reducing the agency's or institution's use of water, electricity,
  gasoline, and natural gas and include those goals in the agency's or
  institution's comprehensive energy and water management plan. A
  state agency or an institution of higher education that occupies a
  state-owned building shall prepare and implement a five-year energy
  and water management plan and shall submit that plan to the office
  upon request. The agency or institution shall update its plan
  annually [biennially]. A state agency or an institution of higher
  education that occupies a building not owned by the state shall
  cooperate with the office in addressing the energy or water
  management of that building.
         (e)  Not later than December 1 of each even-numbered year,
  the state energy conservation office shall submit a report to the
  governor and the Legislative Budget Board on the status and
  effectiveness of the utility management and conservation efforts of
  state agencies and institutions of higher education. The report
  must include information submitted to the office from each state
  agency and institution of higher education. The office shall post
  the report on the office's Internet website.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 700 passed the Senate on
  March 27, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0;
  May 21, 2013, Senate refused to concur in House amendments and
  requested appointment of Conference Committee; May 22, 2013, House
  granted request of the Senate; May 25, 2013, Senate adopted
  Conference Committee Report by the following vote:  Yeas 30,
  Nays 0.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 700 passed the House, with
  amendments, on May 16, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 116,
  Nays 25, three present not voting; May 22, 2013, House granted
  request of the Senate for appointment of Conference Committee;
  May 24, 2013, House adopted Conference Committee Report by the
  following vote:  Yeas 143, Nays 2, two present not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
             Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor