82R11689 VOO-F By: Harper-Brown H.B. No. 2865 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the management of the state vehicle fleet. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 2171, Government Code, is amended by adding Section 2171.1011 to read as follows: Sec. 2171.1011. CENTRALIZED FLEET MANAGEMENT. (a) The comptroller shall devise and implement a statewide system of state agency vehicle fleet management, including the following functions: (1) vehicle acquisition and maintenance and repair activities, including preventive maintenance; (2) fueling operations; (3) management of inventory and the use, collection, and reporting of data; and (4) disposal or sale of excess inventory. (b) The comptroller may negotiate a contract with a private fleet management provider: (1) to operate one or all of the fleet management functions of the agency; or (2) for fleet management data software and services, if the provider can demonstrate expertise necessary to perform the functions required by Subsection (a). SECTION 2. The following sections of the Government Code are repealed: (1) Section 2171.101; (2) Section 2171.102; (3) Section 2171.104; (4) Section 2171.1045; and (5) Section 2171.105. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.