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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to state agency energy savings programs. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 447, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Section 447.014 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 447.014. STATE AGENCY ENERGY SAVINGS PROGRAM. (a) |
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Each state agency shall develop and submit to the state energy |
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conservation office and the Legislative Budget Board a plan to: |
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(1) conserve energy, including reducing the use of |
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electricity, gasoline, and natural gas by at least 10 percent by |
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December 1, 2020; |
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(2) reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent by |
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2030; and |
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(3) obtain up to 25 percent of the energy used by the |
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agency from carbon-free sources, including wind or solar energy, by |
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2030. |
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(b) A plan described by Subsection (a) must project fiscal |
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savings associated with the plan and a percentage of overall carbon |
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emissions reduction. |
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(c) Each state agency shall submit quarterly to the state |
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energy conservation office and the Legislative Budget Board a |
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report describing progress towards implementing the plan described |
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by Subsection (a) and any additional ideas for energy savings. |
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SECTION 2. (a) Not later than January 1, 2021, each state |
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agency shall deliver to the state energy conservation office and |
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the Legislative Budget Board the plan required by Section |
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447.014(a), Government Code, as added by this Act. |
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(b) Not later than April 1, 2021, each state agency shall |
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deliver to the state energy conservation office and the Legislative |
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Budget Board the first quarterly report required by Section |
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447.014(c), Government Code, as added by this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |