Amend SB 1752 by adding the following appropriately numbered
section and renumbering subsequent sections appropriately:
      SECTION ____.  Chapter 1, Title 20, Revised Statutes, is
amended by adding Article 601j to read as follows:
      Art. 601j,  RENTAL OF MOTOR VEHICLE TO STATE EMPLOYEE
      Sec. 1.  DEFINITIONS.  In this article:
            (1)  "Car rental company" means a person in the
business of renting motor vehicles for periods of 90 days or less.
            (2)  "State agency" includes an institution of higher
education, as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code.
            (3)  "State employee" means an officer or employee of a
state agency.
      Sec. 2.  STATE REGISTRATION OF RENTAL VEHICLE.  (a)  Except
as provided by Subsection (b) of this section, a car rental company
may not rent a motor vehicle to a state employee in this state for
compensation to be paid by a state agency unless the vehicle is
titled and registered in this state.
      (b)  A car rental company may rent to the state employee a
motor vehicle not titled and registered in this state if:
            (1)  a motor vehicle titled and registered in this
state is not reasonably available; and
            (2)  the car rental company provides the state employee
at the time of the rental an affidavit stating the reason the car
rental company was unable to rent a motor vehicle titled and
registered in this state and sends the state agency that employs
the state employee, by registered mail not later than the 10th day
after the date of the rental contract, a separately executed copy
of the affidavit.
      (c)  Subsection (b)(2) of this section does not apply to a
car rental company that submits an annual report to the General
Services Commission, in the manner and format prescribed by the
commission, that indicates that at least 90 percent of the motor
vehicles operated in this state by the company are titled and
registered in this state.
      (d)  A state employee may not be held responsible for the
obligations of a car rental company under this section.
      SECTION 2.  Subchapter B, Chapter 2171, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 2171.0521 to read as follows:
      Sec. 2171.0521.  CERTAIN CONTRACTS WITH CAR RENTAL COMPANIES.
      (a)  The commission shall include in a contract for rental
car services a provision that requires the car rental company with
which the commission contracts to report annually to the commission
the percentage of motor vehicles operated in this state by the car
rental company that are titled and registered in this state. The
contract must require that during the term of the contract at least
90 percent of the motor vehicles operated in this state by the
company be titled and registered in this state.
      (b)  In this section, "car rental company" has the meaning
assigned by Section 1, Article 601j, Revised Statutes.