78R5764 KEG-D

By:  Cook of Colorado                                             H.B. No. 3040



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to vehicle fleet management services provided by the Texas 
Building and Procurement Commission.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 2171.101(a), Government Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	(a)  The office of vehicle fleet management shall establish a 
vehicle reporting system to assist each state agency in the 
management of its vehicle fleet.  A state agency shall be required 
to submit the reports on a monthly basis [not more often than 
semiannually].
	SECTION 2.  Sections 2171.102(a) and (b), Government Code, 
are amended to read as follows:
	(a)  The office of vehicle fleet management may, for a fee,
[shall] provide routine periodic maintenance service to state 
agencies located in Travis County.  [The office shall charge a fee 
for the service.]
	(b)  The office may [shall] negotiate contracts for major 
overhauls and other extensive mechanical work.
	SECTION 3.  Sections 2171.104(c) and (d), Government Code, 
are amended to read as follows:
	(c)  The management plan must address:                                         
		(1)  opportunities for consolidating and privatizing 
the operation and management of vehicle fleets in areas where there 
is a concentration of state agencies, including the Capitol Complex 
and the Health and Human Services Complex in Austin;
		(2)  the number and type of vehicles owned by each 
agency and the purpose each vehicle serves;
		(3)  procedures to increase vehicle use and improve the 
efficiency of the state vehicle fleet;
		(4)  procedures to reduce the cost of maintaining state 
vehicles;           
		(5)  procedures to handle surplus or salvage [the sale 
of excess] state vehicles; and
		(6)  lower-cost alternatives to using state-owned 
vehicles, including:      
			(A)  using rental cars;  and                                                 
			(B)  reimbursing employees for using personal 
vehicles.                    
	(d)  The commission shall require a state agency to transfer  
surplus or salvage vehicles identified by the management plan to 
the commission and shall sell or dispose of the [excess] vehicles in 
accordance with the provisions of Chapter 2175 that provide for 
disposition of surplus or salvage property by the commission
[identified by the management plan and deposit the proceeds from 
the sale into the account that the agency used to purchase the 
vehicles].
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.