By Chisum H.B. No. 3125
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the management of vehicles owned by the state.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 2171.101, Government Code, is amended by
1-5 amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (d) and (e) to read
1-6 as follows:
1-7 (a) The office of vehicle fleet management shall establish a
1-8 vehicle reporting system to assist each state agency in the
1-9 management of its vehicle fleet. A state agency shall be required
1-10 to submit the reports not more often than semiannually. The office
1-11 shall review the accuracy of the vehicle information data submitted
1-12 by a state agency under this section.
1-13 (d) The office shall file an annual report with the
1-14 legislature containing:
1-15 (1) vehicle information submitted by state agencies;
1-16 and
1-17 (2) the names of state agencies that fail to report
1-18 vehicle information.
1-19 (e) The office shall review the operation of each state
1-20 agency's vehicle fleet and report to the legislature not later than
1-21 January 1 of each odd-numbered year the status of the agency's
1-22 vehicle fleet and the office's recommendations to improve
1-23 operations of the agency's vehicle fleet.
1-24 SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 2171, Government Code, is
2-1 amended by adding Sections 2171.1015, 2171.104, and 2171.105 to
2-2 read as follows:
2-3 Sec. 2171.1015. MANAGEMENT OF STATE VEHICLE FLEET. The
2-4 office of vehicle fleet management shall oversee the operation,
2-5 coordination, consolidation, and management of the state's vehicle
2-6 fleet.
2-7 Sec. 2171.104. MANAGEMENT PLAN. (a) The office of vehicle
2-8 fleet management shall develop a management plan with detailed
2-9 recommendations for improving the administration and operation of
2-10 the state's vehicle fleet.
2-11 (b) The Texas Department of Transportation, Department of
2-12 Public Safety of the State of Texas, Texas Department of Mental
2-13 Health and Mental Retardation, Parks and Wildlife Department, and
2-14 Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall assist the office of
2-15 vehicle fleet management in preparing the management plan for the
2-16 state's vehicle fleet.
2-17 (c) The management plan must address:
2-18 (1) opportunities for consolidating vehicle fleets in
2-19 areas where there is a concentration of state agencies, including
2-20 the Capitol Complex and the Health and Human Services Complex in
2-21 Austin;
2-22 (2) procedures to reduce the cost of maintaining state
2-23 vehicles;
2-24 (3) the sale of excess state vehicles; and
2-25 (4) lower-cost alternatives to using state-owned
2-26 vehicles, including:
2-27 (A) using rental cars; and
3-1 (B) reimbursing employees for using personal
3-2 vehicles.
3-3 (d) The office of vehicle fleet management shall sell the
3-4 excess vehicles identified by the management plan and deposit the
3-5 proceeds from the sale into the account that the agency used to
3-6 purchase the vehicle.
3-7 Sec. 2171.105. PURCHASE OF VEHICLES PROHIBITED. (a) Except
3-8 as provided by Subsection (b), a state agency may not purchase a
3-9 new vehicle before September 1, 2001.
3-10 (b) A state agency may purchase a new vehicle for law
3-11 enforcement or emergency purposes.
3-12 (c) This section expires September 1, 2001.
3-13 SECTION 3. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
3-14 (b) The office of vehicle fleet management shall prepare the
3-15 management plan required by Section 2171.104, Government Code, as
3-16 added by this Act, and present the plan to the legislature not
3-17 later than January 31, 2001.
3-18 (c) The office of vehicle fleet management shall sell the
3-19 excess vehicles identified by the management plan adopted under
3-20 Section 2171.104, Government Code, as added by this Act, not later
3-21 than August 31, 2001.
3-22 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
3-23 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
3-24 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
3-25 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
3-26 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.