81R1493 JAM-D
By: Lucio III H.B. No. 432
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the low-emissions vehicles purchasing requirement for
certain state agencies.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2158.009(b), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) A state agency authorized to purchase passenger
vehicles or other ground transportation vehicles for general use
shall ensure that not less than 20 [10] percent of its vehicle
purchases during any state fiscal biennium are purchases of
vehicles that meet or exceed the emissions standards necessary to
be rated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency as a
Tier II, Bin 3, emissions standard vehicle that has a greenhouse gas
score of eight under regulations of that agency as they existed
September 1, 2007.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.