By: Thompson of Brazoria (Senate Sponsor - Hancock) H.B. No. 3388
         (In the Senate - Received from the House May 14, 2021;
  May 14, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Business &
  Commerce; May 20, 2021, reported favorably by the following vote:  
  Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 20, 2021, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to information regarding state agency vehicle fleets.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  The heading to Section 2171.101, Government
  Code, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 2171.101.  VEHICLE REPORTING SYSTEM; EXCEPTION.
         SECTION 2.  Section 2171.101, Government Code, is amended by
  amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (d) to read as
  follows:
         (a)  The office of vehicle fleet management shall establish a
  vehicle reporting system to assist [each] state agencies [agency]
  in the management of agency [its] vehicle fleets [fleet]. Except as
  provided by Subsection (d), a [A] state agency shall [be required
  to] submit vehicle fleet [the] reports on a quarterly basis, not
  earlier than the 45th day or later than the 60th day after the date
  on which the quarter ends.
         (d)  A state agency with a fleet of more than 2,500 vehicles
  shall establish and maintain a vehicle reporting system to assist
  the agency in the management of the agency's vehicle fleet. Not
  later than October 15 of each year, the agency shall submit to the
  office of vehicle fleet management the information the office
  requests regarding the agency's vehicle fleet for the previous
  state fiscal year. The agency may provide the information in the
  format used by the agency's reporting system. The agency is exempt
  from paying to the office any fee for maintaining the vehicle
  reporting system established under Subsection (a).
         SECTION 3.  Each state agency subject to Section
  2171.101(d), Government Code, as added by this Act, shall:
               (1)  establish a vehicle reporting system for the
  agency's vehicle fleet not later than October 1, 2021; and
               (2)  submit the report required by that subsection to
  the office of vehicle fleet management not later than October 15,
  2021, or a later date determined by the office.
         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, 2021.
 
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