By:  Swinford                                                     H.B. No. 3227



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to requirements imposed under the vehicle fleet management 
plan.   
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 2171.101(b), Government Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	(b)   The office shall:                                                        
		(1) develop automated information retrieval systems to 
implement the reporting system;
		(2)  require monthly reports submitted by a state 
agency under Subsection (a) to be submitted not earlier than the 
45th day or later than the 60th day after the end of the month 
covered by the report; and
		(3) [(2)]  maintain a complete inventory of agency 
vehicles by class of vehicle.
	SECTION 2.  Subchapter C, Chapter 2171, Government Code, is 
amended by adding Section 2171.105 to read as follows:
	Sec. 2171.105.  PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO INSTITUTIONS OF 
HIGHER EDUCATION.  (a)  An institution of higher education is not 
subject to the minimum use criteria provided by the management plan 
adopted under Section 2171.104.
	(b)  The management plan applies only to vehicles that are 
purchased by an institution of higher education with appropriated 
funds.
	(c)  The fleet manager appointed by the head of an 
institution of higher education may request, and the office of 
vehicle fleet management may grant, a waiver from the limit on the 
number of vehicles subject to the plan that the institution may own.
	(d)  In this section, "institution of higher education" has 
the meaning assigned by Section 61.003, Education Code.
	SECTION 3.  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, 2005.