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Amend SB 1 (house committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Subchapter C, Chapter 2171, Government Code, is amended by adding Section 2171.1011 to read as follows:
Sec. 2171.1011. FLEET PLANNING AND OPTIMIZATION PROGRAM.
(a) This section does not apply to a state agency that utilizes fleet vehicles for law enforcement, safety, or emergency response purposes.
(b) The comptroller may enter into a contract with a vendor to provide fleet planning, routing, scheduling, and dispatch services for a state agency that utilizes fleet vehicles that average more than three stops per day.
(c) A contract entered into under this section must:
(1) specify the state agency for which the vendor is to provide the services described by Subsection (b);
(2) require the vendor to have:
(A) at least five years of experience providing the services described by Subsection (b); and
(B) the ability to utilize a model-based artificial intelligence program to provide fleet planning services; and
(3) provide that:
(A) the comptroller may not make a payment to the vendor under the contract until the vendor has achieved a five percent reduction in the total cost of that state agency's vehicle fleet services described by Subsection (b); and
(B) the total compensation payable to the vendor under the contract may not exceed the amount of total cost savings attributable to the vendor's vehicle fleet services described by Subsection (b).
(d) In accordance with an agreement between the comptroller and a state agency, the comptroller may use funds appropriated to the state agency for the purposes of fleet management for the purpose of contracting with a vendor to provide vehicle fleet services described bySubsection (b).