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House Bill 2293 |
House Author: Noriega, Rick et al. |
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Effective: 9-1-07 |
Senate Sponsor: Watson |
House Bill 2293 amends the Government Code to require a state agency that purchases 10 or more vehicles in a state fiscal biennium to ensure that at least 10 percent of the passenger vehicles purchased in any biennium meet or exceed emissions standards for a vehicle rating as a Tier II, Bin 3, emissions standard vehicle that has a greenhouse gas score of eight under the Environmental Protection Agency regulations as they exist on September 1, 2007. The bill provides a state agency exemption if a vehicle that meets both these standards and the agency's operational needs is not commercially available.