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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the low-emissions vehicles purchasing requirement for |
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certain state agencies. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 2158.009(b), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) A state agency authorized to purchase passenger |
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vehicles or other ground transportation vehicles for general use |
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shall ensure that not less than 20 [10] percent of its vehicle |
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purchases during any state fiscal biennium are purchases of |
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vehicles that meet or exceed the emissions standards necessary to |
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be rated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency as a |
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Tier II, Bin 3, emissions standard vehicle that has a greenhouse gas |
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score of eight under regulations of that agency as they existed |
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September 1, 2007. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |