H.B. No. 3227




AN ACT

relating to the management of state agency vehicle fleets.                    
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 2171.101(a), Government Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	(a)  The office of vehicle fleet management shall establish a 
vehicle reporting system to assist each state agency in the 
management of its vehicle fleet.  A state agency shall be required 
to submit the reports on a quarterly [monthly] basis, not earlier 
than the 45th day or later than the 60th day after the date on which 
the quarter ends.
	SECTION 2.  Subchapter C, Chapter 2171, Government Code, is 
amended by adding Section 2171.105 to read as follows:
	Sec. 2171.105.  MANAGEMENT PLAN:  INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER 
EDUCATION.  (a)  In this section:
		(1)  "Institution of higher education" has the meaning 
assigned by Section 61.003, Education Code.
		(2)  "Plan" means the management plan developed under 
Section 2171.104.
	(b)  For institutions of higher education, the plan applies 
only to vehicles purchased by an institution of higher education 
with appropriated money.
	(c)  On the request of a fleet manager appointed by an 
institution of higher education, the office of vehicle fleet 
management may grant a waiver from any limit on the number of 
vehicles subject to the plan that the institution may own.
	(d)  Any minimum use criteria developed in the plan do not 
apply to an institution of higher education.
	SECTION 3.  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, 2005.




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   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.B. No. 3227 was passed by the House on April 
29, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 142, Nays 0, 2 present, not 
voting.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	I certify that H.B. No. 3227 was passed by the Senate on May 
17, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Secretary of the Senate    



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