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Regular Session, 2012
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 168
BY REPRESENTATIVE FOIL
A RESOLUTION
To urge and request the division of administration, office of state purchasing, to report on
the status of the implementation of R.S. 39:364, relative to the purchase and use of
certain fleet vehicles which are capable of and equipped for using an alternative fuel,
and present such report to the House Appropriations Committee no later than
December 31, 2012.
WHEREAS, R.S. 39:364 was enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana in the 1990
Regular Session and provided for the purchase or lease of fleet vehicles that are capable of
or equipped for using an alternative fuel; and
WHEREAS, R.S. 39:394 was amended by the Legislature of Louisiana in the 2008
Regular Session to include the use of hybrid vehicles in the state fleet; and
WHEREAS, state monies can be saved by the use of such vehicles through cheaper
fueling and maintenance costs; and
WHEREAS, Louisiana is a leading producer of several alternative fuels including
liquefied petroleum gas and natural gas.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
Legislature of Louisiana does hereby urge and request the division of administration, office
of state purchasing, to report on the status of the implementation of R.S. 39:364, relative to
the purchase and use of certain fleet vehicles which are capable of and equipped for using
an alternative fuel, since enactment of the law in 1990 and further since the law was
amended in 2008.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the division of administration, office of state
purchasing, shall present such report to the House Appropriations Committee no later than
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
commissioner of administration and the director of the office of state purchasing.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES