| TO: | Honorable Bill Callegari, Chair, House Committee on Government Reform |
| FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
| IN RE: | HB827 by Anchia (Relating to the purchase of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles by state agencies.), As Introduced |
The bill would amend the Government Code to specify that a state agency may not purchase a vehicle unless the vehicle is a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle. The provisions of the bill would not apply if a state agency determines that the cost over a five-year period to purchase and operate a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle of the type required by the agency is greater than the cost over a five-year period to purchase and operate a similar vehicle that is not a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle.
It is assumed state agencies would purchase plug-in hybrid electric vehicles only if such vehicles are available and the agency determines that the cost to purchase and operate such vehicles over a five-year period is less than the cost to purchase and operate a similar conventional vehicle. Based on the analysis of the Texas Department of Transportation, the Department of Public Safety, and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, it is assumed any costs associated with implementing the provisions of the bill could be absorbed within existing resources.
The bill would take effect on September 1, 2007.
| Source Agencies: | 303 Building and Procurement Commission, 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 320 Texas Workforce Commission, 405 Department of Public Safety, 539 Aging and Disability Services, Department of, 582 Commission on Environmental Quality, 601 Department of Transportation, 694 Youth Commission, 696 Department of Criminal Justice, 802 Parks and Wildlife Department
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| LBB Staff: | JOB, MN, TG
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