Bill Text: TX HB2686 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to a study by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute on vehicle fleet management.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-24 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB2686 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB2686-Comm_Sub.html
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By: Guillen | H.B. No. 2686 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2686: | |||
By: Capriglione | C.S.H.B. No. 2686 |
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relating to a study by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute on | ||
vehicle fleet management. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 2171, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 2171.1041 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 2171.1041. VEHICLE FLEET MANAGEMENT STUDY. (a) The | ||
Texas A&M Transportation Institute shall conduct a study to: | ||
(1) evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of | ||
vehicle fleet management, including: | ||
(A) vehicle acquisition methods; and | ||
(B) interagency agreements to operate vehicle | ||
fleet maintenance shops; and | ||
(2) develop recommendations for improving vehicle | ||
fleet management based on the evaluation under Subdivision (1). | ||
(b) The study conducted under Subsection (a) must include an | ||
evaluation of the vehicle fleets of: | ||
(1) the Department of Public Safety; | ||
(2) the Texas Department of Criminal Justice; | ||
(3) the Parks and Wildlife Department; | ||
(4) the Health and Human Services Commission; | ||
(5) institutions of higher education, as defined by | ||
Section 61.003, Education Code; and | ||
(6) any other state agency within the purview of the | ||
office of vehicle fleet management. | ||
(c) Not later than August 31, 2018, the Texas A&M | ||
Transportation Institute shall submit a written report of the study | ||
to the comptroller, the governor, the lieutenant governor, and the | ||
speaker of the house of representatives. | ||
(d) Not later than September 1, 2019, the office of vehicle | ||
fleet management shall incorporate the recommendations developed | ||
under Subsection (a) in the management plan described by Section | ||
2171.104. | ||
(e) This section expires September 1, 2020. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |