Bill Text: TX SB456 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to state purchasing of certain environmentally friendly items.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-14 - Left pending in committee [SB456 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB456-Introduced.html
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| By: Ellis | S.B. No. 456 | |
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| relating to state purchasing of certain environmentally friendly | ||
| items. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 2158.301, Government Code, as added by | ||
| Chapter 939 (H.B. 3693), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular | ||
| Session, 2007, is amended to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 2158.301. ENERGY CONSERVATION: APPLIANCES, PRINTERS, | ||
| AND PHOTOCOPY MACHINES. (a) Unless the comptroller approves a | ||
| written request from a state agency for an exemption from the | ||
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| a state agency shall purchase equipment and appliances, including | ||
| printers and photocopy machines, for state use that meet or | ||
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| the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the United | ||
| States Department of Energy. | ||
| (b) A printer or photocopy machine purchased by a state | ||
| agency must have duplexing capability and the ability to be | ||
| programmed to default to double-sided printing or copying. | ||
| (c) A state agency printer or photocopy machine that has | ||
| duplexing capability shall be programmed to default to double-sided | ||
| printing or copying. | ||
| (d) The comptroller shall collect data on appliances | ||
| purchased by state agencies and on the energy efficiency of the | ||
| appliances. | ||
| SECTION 2. Chapter 2158, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subchapter G to read as follows: | ||
| SUBCHAPTER G. LANDSCAPING EQUIPMENT | ||
| Sec. 2158.351. PURCHASE OF LANDSCAPING EQUIPMENT. (a) | ||
| Except as provided by Subsection (b), a state agency may not | ||
| purchase a lawnmower or other landscaping equipment unless the | ||
| lawnmower or equipment is powered by propane or natural gas or is | ||
| electrically powered. | ||
| (b) The comptroller may exempt from the requirements of this | ||
| section a state agency that submits written justification | ||
| demonstrating the reasons a propane, natural gas, or electrically | ||
| powered lawnmower or other landscaping equipment does not fulfill | ||
| the required functionality of a gasoline-powered or diesel-powered | ||
| lawnmower or other landscaping equipment. | ||
| SECTION 3. Chapter 2166, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subchapter M to read as follows: | ||
| SUBCHAPTER M. BUILDING ACCESSORIES | ||
| Sec. 2166.601. PAINT. A state agency in the executive | ||
| branch of state government that owns, operates, maintains, or has | ||
| charge and control of a building shall, when feasible, require | ||
| paint purchased for a new facility or for a remodel, repair, or | ||
| renovation project to be a zero or low volatile organic compound | ||
| paint. | ||
| Sec. 2166.602. CARPET, CARPET BACKING, AND CARPET TILES. A | ||
| state agency that owns, operates, maintains, or has charge and | ||
| control of a building shall, when feasible, require carpet, carpet | ||
| backing, and carpet tiles purchased for a new facility or for a | ||
| remodel, repair, or renovation project to contain postconsumer | ||
| recycled content that meets the Carpet and Rug Institute's Green | ||
| Label standard. | ||
| SECTION 4. Section 2158.301, Government Code, as added by | ||
| Chapter 262 (S.B. 12), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular | ||
| Session, 2007, is repealed. | ||
| SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
