84R6972 SCL-D
 
  By: Paddie H.B. No. 1184
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to authorizing certain alternative fuel programs as
  eligible for local government energy savings performance
  contracts.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 302.001(4), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
               (4)  "Energy savings performance contract" means a
  contract between a local government and a provider for energy or
  water conservation or usage measures in which the estimated energy
  savings, increase in billable revenues, or increase in meter
  accuracy resulting from the measures is subject to guarantee to
  offset the cost of the energy or water conservation or usage
  measures over a specified period.  The term includes a contract for
  the installation or implementation of the following in new or
  existing facilities, including all causally connected work:
                     (A)  insulation of a building structure and
  systems within the building;
                     (B)  storm windows or doors, caulking or weather
  stripping, multiglazed windows or doors, heat-absorbing or
  heat-reflective glazed and coated window or door systems, or other
  window or door system modifications that reduce energy consumption;
                     (C)  automatic energy control systems, including
  computer software and technical data licenses;
                     (D)  heating, ventilating, or air-conditioning
  system modifications or replacements that reduce energy or water
  consumption;
                     (E)  lighting fixtures that increase energy
  efficiency;
                     (F)  energy recovery systems;
                     (G)  electric systems improvements;
                     (H)  water-conserving fixtures, appliances, and
  equipment or the substitution of non-water-using fixtures,
  appliances, and equipment;
                     (I)  water-conserving landscape irrigation
  equipment;
                     (J)  landscaping measures that reduce watering
  demands and capture and hold applied water and rainfall, including:
                           (i)  landscape contouring, including the use
  of berms, swales, and terraces; and
                           (ii)  the use of soil amendments that
  increase the water-holding capacity of the soil, including compost;
                     (K)  rainwater harvesting equipment and equipment
  to make use of water collected as part of a storm-water system
  installed for water quality control;
                     (L)  equipment for recycling or reuse of water
  originating on the premises or from other sources, including
  treated municipal effluent;
                     (M)  equipment needed to capture water from
  nonconventional, alternate sources, including air-conditioning
  condensate or graywater, for nonpotable uses;
                     (N)  metering or related equipment or systems that
  improve the accuracy of billable-revenue-generation systems; [or]
                     (O)  alternative fuel programs resulting in
  energy cost savings and reduced emissions for local government
  vehicles, including fleet vehicles; or
                     (P)  other energy or water conservation-related
  improvements or equipment, including improvements or equipment
  relating to renewable energy or nonconventional water sources or
  water reuse.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2015.