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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to an energy efficiency pilot program for state-owned |
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buildings operated by the Texas Facilities Commission. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter I, Chapter 2166, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 2166.410 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 2166.410. ENERGY EFFICIENCY PILOT PROGRAM. (a) The |
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Energy Systems Laboratory at the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment |
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Station, in consultation with the commission and the State Energy |
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Conservation Office, shall establish and implement a pilot program |
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in which: |
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(1) the State Energy Conservation Office makes or |
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guarantees loans used to finance improvements that will increase |
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the energy efficiency of state-owned buildings maintained by the |
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commission; and |
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(2) the savings in utility costs resulting from the |
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improvements made under Subdivision (1) generate a 30 percent |
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return on the costs of the improvements. |
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(b) A loan made or guaranteed under this section must have |
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an amortization period twice as long as the projected period in |
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which the loan could be repaid with utility cost savings |
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attributable to the improvements made under this section. |
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(c) Money attributable to utility cost savings resulting |
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from the program may only be appropriated to the commission. |
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(d) This section expires August 31, 2020. |
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SECTION 2. 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, 2015. |