Bill Text: TX HB1864 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled


Bill Title: Relating to certain energy security technologies for critical governmental facilities.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/13 [HB1864 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HB1864-Enrolled.html
 
 
  H.B. No. 1864
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to certain energy security technologies for critical
  governmental facilities.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 2311, Government Code, as added by
  Chapter 1280 (H.B. 1831), Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2009, is amended to read as follows:
  CHAPTER 2311. ENERGY SECURITY TECHNOLOGIES FOR CRITICAL
  GOVERNMENTAL FACILITIES
         Sec. 2311.001.  DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
               (1)  "Combined heating and power system" means a system
  that:
                     (A)  is located on the site of a facility;
                     (B)  is the primary source of both electricity and
  thermal energy for the facility;
                     (C)  can provide all of the electricity needed to
  power the facility's critical emergency operations for at least 14
  days; and
                     (D)  has an overall efficiency of energy use that
  exceeds 60 percent.
               (2)  "Critical governmental facility" means a building
  owned by the state, including by an institution of higher
  education, as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code, or a
  political subdivision of the state that is expected to:
                     (A)  be continuously occupied;
                     (B)  maintain operations for at least 6,000 hours
  each year;
                     (C)  have a peak electricity demand exceeding 500
  kilowatts; and
                     (D)  serve a critical public health or public
  safety function during a natural disaster or other emergency
  situation that may result in a widespread power outage, including
  a:
                           (i)  command and control center;
                           (ii)  shelter;
                           (iii)  prison or jail;
                           (iv)  police or fire station;
                           (v)  communications or data center;
                           (vi)  water or wastewater facility;
                           (vii)  hazardous waste storage facility;
                           (viii)  biological research facility;
                           (ix)  hospital; or
                           (x)  food preparation or food storage
  facility.
         Sec. 2311.002.  COMBINED HEATING AND POWER SYSTEMS. (a)  
  When constructing or extensively renovating a critical
  governmental facility or replacing major heating, ventilation, and
  air-conditioning equipment for a critical governmental facility,
  the entity with charge and control of the facility shall evaluate
  whether equipping the facility with a combined heating and power
  system would result in expected energy savings that would exceed
  the expected costs of purchasing, operating, and maintaining the
  system over a 20-year period.  Notwithstanding Chapter 2302, the
  entity may equip the facility with a combined heating and power
  system if the expected energy savings exceed the expected costs.
         (b)  The State Energy Conservation Office shall establish
  guidelines for the evaluation under Subsection (a).
         SECTION 2.  Chapter 2311, Government Code, as added by
  Chapter 1408 (H.B. 4409), Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2009, is repealed.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1864 was passed by the House on April
  23, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 145, Nays 2, 2 present, not
  voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
  No. 1864 on May 24, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 0,
  2 present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1864 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 22, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays
  0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor       
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