Bill Text: TX HB1854 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the appropriation of money from the economic stabilization fund to be used for upgrading fixtures and materials in state buildings to maximize energy and water conservation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-04 - Referred to Appropriations [HB1854 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB1854-Introduced.html
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By: Turner of Tarrant | H.B. No. 1854 |
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relating to the appropriation of money from the economic | ||
stabilization fund to be used for upgrading fixtures and materials | ||
in state buildings to maximize energy and water conservation. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. The amount of $250 million is appropriated from | ||
the economic stabilization fund to the comptroller for the purpose | ||
of depositing that amount to the credit of the general revenue fund | ||
as money available for use by the Texas Facilities Commission | ||
during the state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2013, for | ||
the purposes of upgrading fixtures and materials in state buildings | ||
to maximize energy and water conservation, including for projects | ||
relating to: | ||
(1) insulation; | ||
(2) lighting; | ||
(3) ventilation; | ||
(4) climate control; | ||
(5) water-conserving fixtures, appliances, and | ||
equipment or the substitution of non-water-using fixtures, | ||
appliances, and equipment; | ||
(6) water-conserving landscape irrigation equipment; | ||
(7) landscaping measures that reduce watering demands | ||
and capture and hold applied water and rainfall, including: | ||
(A) landscape contouring, including the use of | ||
berms, swales, and terraces; and | ||
(B) the use of soil amendments that increase the | ||
water-holding capacity of the soil, including compost; | ||
(8) rainwater harvesting equipment and equipment to | ||
make use of water collected as part of a storm-water system | ||
installed for water quality control; | ||
(9) equipment for recycling or reusing water | ||
originating on the premises or from other sources, including | ||
treated municipal effluent; | ||
(10) equipment needed to capture water from | ||
nonconventional, alternate sources, including air conditioning | ||
condensate or graywater, for nonpotable uses; | ||
(11) metering equipment needed to segregate water use | ||
in order to identify water conservation opportunities or verify | ||
water savings; | ||
(12) special energy requirements of health-related | ||
facilities of higher education and state agencies; and | ||
(13) any other item that the commission considers | ||
appropriate. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013, but only | ||
if it receives a vote of two-thirds of the members present in each | ||
house of the legislature, as provided by Section 49-g(m), Article | ||
III, Texas Constitution. |