By: Hodge, Madden (Senate Sponsor - Hegar) H.B. No. 2097
         (In the Senate - Received from the House April 27, 2009;
  May 1, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on
  Government Organization; May 23, 2009, reported adversely, with
  favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 5,
  Nays 0; May 23, 2009, sent to printer.)
 
  COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 2097 By:  Hegar
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the personal and official use of state vehicles.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 2113.013, Government Code, is amended by
  adding Subsections (b-1), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), and (i) to read
  as follows:
         (b-1)  An officer or employee of a state agency who is
  authorized to use a state-owned or state-leased motor vehicle under
  Subsection (b) shall reimburse the state for the officer's or
  employee's personal use mileage accumulated on the vehicle,
  including mileage resulting from commuting to and from the
  officer's or employee's residence.  The officer or employee must
  submit the reimbursement to the state agency not later than the 60th
  day after the last day of the month in which the officer or employee
  accumulates personal use mileage.
         (d)  The comptroller shall establish guidelines for a state
  agency officer or employee who is authorized to use a state-owned or
  state-leased motor vehicle under Subsection (b) to reimburse the
  state for the officer's or employee's personal use of the vehicle at
  the state mileage reimbursement rate established as provided by
  Section 660.042. The guidelines must include:
               (1)  standards for submission of personal use
  information to the state agency;
               (2)  a requirement that the officer or employee
  maintain a point-by-point mileage log for the vehicle, except as
  provided by Subsection (h); and
               (3)  procedures for the officer or employee to follow
  to reimburse the state for the officer's or employee's personal use
  of the vehicle.
         (e)  Except as provided by Subsection (h), a state agency
  that authorizes a state agency officer or employee to use a
  state-owned or state-leased motor vehicle under Subsection (b)
  shall adopt the guidelines established by the comptroller under
  Subsection (d).
         (f)  Not later than December 31 of each year, the comptroller
  shall submit a report to the presiding officers of both houses of
  the legislature on the personal use of state-owned or state-leased
  motor vehicles by state agency officers and employees.  The report
  must include:
               (1)  the total personal use miles attributable to each
  state agency; and
               (2)  an accounting of reimbursements made to a state
  agency under Subsection (b-1).
         (g)  The comptroller may require the installation of global
  positioning devices in all motor vehicles purchased or leased by
  the state.  The comptroller shall modify the guidelines established
  under Subsection (d) as necessary to make use of the devices.
         (h)  A peace officer or other law enforcement officer who is
  authorized to use a state-owned or state-leased motor vehicle under
  Subsection (b) and whose primary duty is to patrol an established
  area is not required to log personal use mileage. A state agency
  officer or employee who is authorized to use a state-owned or
  state-leased motor vehicle under Subsection (b) and who performs
  functions vital to law enforcement or public safety as determined
  by the administrative head of the agency is not required to log
  personal use mileage or to reimburse the state under Subsection
  (b-1).
         (i)  Subsection (b-1) does not apply to an individual who has
  been commissioned as:
               (1)  a peace officer by the Public Safety Commission or
  the director of the Department of Public Safety;
               (2)  a peace officer by the executive director of the
  Parks and Wildlife Department;
               (3)  an inspector or representative by the Texas
  Alcoholic Beverage Commission or the administrator of the Texas
  Alcoholic Beverage Commission; or
               (4)  an employee of the office of the attorney general
  who is assigned to a division that involves law enforcement.
         SECTION 2.  Section 2203.001, Government Code, is amended by
  amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsections (c-1) and (c-2) to
  read as follows:
         (c)  A report filed under this section must show:
               (1)  the purpose for which the vehicle was used;
               (2)  the mileage traveled, including a detailed
  point-by-point accounting of the mileage between stops and the
  purpose for each stop except as provided  by Section 2113.013(h);
               (3)  the amounts of gasoline and oil consumed;
               (4)  the passengers carried; and
               (5)  other information necessary to a proper record of
  the use of the vehicle.
         (c-1)  A state agency that uses state-owned or state-leased
  vehicles for undercover or security purposes may develop a
  code-based system to identify locations for the purposes of this
  section.
         (c-2)  An individual described by Section 2113.013(i) is not
  required to include in a report filed under this section a detailed
  point-by-point accounting of the mileage between stops and the
  purpose for each stop.
         SECTION 3.  The comptroller shall adopt the guidelines
  required by Section 2113.013(d), Government Code, as added by this
  Act, as soon as possible.  The guidelines must take effect not later
  than September 1, 2009, and apply to a state agency on or after
  September 1, 2009.
         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, 2009.
 
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