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Amend CSHB 1365 (Senate committee printing) by adding
appropriately numbered new SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering
subsequent SECTIONS accordingly, to read as follows:
SECTION ____. Chapter 388, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by adding Sections 388.009 and 388.010 to read as follows:
Sec. 388.009. ENERGY-EFFICIENT BUILDING PROGRAM. (a) In
this section, "National Housing Act" means Section 203(b), (i), or
(k) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. Sections 1709(b), (i),
and (k)), as amended.
(b) The General Land Office, in consultation with the
laboratory, the commission, and an advisory committee appointed by
the General Land Office, may develop an energy-efficient building
accreditation program for buildings that exceed the building energy
performance standards under Section 388.003 by 15 percent or more.
(c) If the General Land Office adopts a program under this
section, the General Land Office, in consultation with the
laboratory, shall update the program on or before December 1 of each
even-numbered year using the best available energy-efficient
building practices.
(d) If the General Land Office adopts a program under this
section, the program shall use a checklist system to produce an
energy-efficient building scorecard to help:
(1) home buyers compare potential homes and, by
providing a copy of the completed scorecard to a mortgage lender,
qualify for energy-efficient mortgages under the National Housing
Act; and
(2) communities qualify for emissions reduction
credits by adopting codes that meet or exceed the energy-efficient
building or energy performance standards established under this
chapter.
(e) The General Land Office may establish a public
information program to inform homeowners, sellers, buyers, and
others regarding energy-efficient building ratings.
(f) If the General Land Office adopts a program under this
section, the laboratory shall establish a system to measure the
reduction in energy and emissions produced under the
energy-efficient building program and report those savings to the
commission.
Sec. 388.010. OUTREACH TO NEAR-NONATTAINMENT AREAS. The
commission shall conduct outreach to non-attainment areas,
near-nonattainment areas and affected counties on the benefits of
implementing energy efficiency initiatives, including the
promotion of energy-efficient building programs and urban heat
island mitigation techniques, as a way to meet air quality
attainment goals under the federal Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. Section
7401 et seq.).
SECTION ____. Chapter 389, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by adding Section 389.003 to read as follows:
Sec. 389.003. COMPUTING ENERGY EFFICIENCY EMISSIONS
REDUCTIONS. The commission shall develop a method to use in
computing emissions reductions obtained through energy efficiency
initiatives.