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Texas Government Code - Section 2171.104. Management Plan

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§ 2171.104. MANAGEMENT PLAN.  (a) The office of vehicle 
fleet management, as directed by the State Council on Competitive 
Government, shall develop a management plan with detailed 
recommendations for improving the administration and operation of 
the state's vehicle fleet.
	(b)  The Texas Department of Transportation, Department of 
Public Safety of the State of Texas, Texas Department of Mental 
Health and Mental Retardation, Parks and Wildlife Department, and 
Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall assist the office of 
vehicle fleet management in preparing the management plan for the 
state's vehicle fleet.
	(c)  The management plan must address:                                         
		(1)  opportunities for consolidating and privatizing 
the operation and management of vehicle fleets in areas where there 
is a concentration of state agencies, including the Capitol Complex 
and the Health and Human Services Complex in Austin;
		(2)  the number and type of vehicles owned by each 
agency and the purpose each vehicle serves;
		(3)  procedures to increase vehicle use and improve the 
efficiency of the state vehicle fleet;
		(4)  procedures to reduce the cost of maintaining state 
vehicles;           
		(5)  procedures to handle surplus or salvage state 
vehicles;  and           
		(6)  lower-cost alternatives to using state-owned 
vehicles, including:      
			(A)  using rental cars;  and                                                 
			(B)  reimbursing employees for using personal 
vehicles.                    
	(d)  The commission shall require a state agency to transfer 
surplus or salvage vehicles identified by the management plan to 
the commission and shall sell or dispose of the vehicles in 
accordance with the provisions of Chapter 2175 that provide for 
disposition of surplus or salvage property by the commission.

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1050, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.  
Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 309, § 7.03, eff. June 18, 
2003.

Last modified: August 11, 2007