34 Tex. Admin. Code § 20.235 - Purchase of Motor Vehicles
(a) A state agency
may not purchase or lease a vehicle designed or used primarily for the
transportation of persons, including a station wagon, that has a wheel base
longer than 113 inches or that has more than 160 SAE net horsepower, except
that the vehicle may have a wheel base of up to 116 inches or SAE net
horsepower of up to 280 if the vehicle will be converted so that it is capable
of using compressed natural gas or another alternative fuel that results in
comparably lower emissions of oxides of nitrogen, volatile organic compounds,
carbon monoxide, or particulates. The wheel base and horsepower limitations
prescribed by this subsection do not apply to the purchase or lease of a
vehicle to be used primarily for criminal law enforcement or a bus, motorcycle,
pickup, van, truck, three-wheel vehicle, tractor, or ambulance.
(b) Except as provided in subsections (c) and
(d) of this section, after September 1, 1991, no motor vehicle may be purchased
or leased for a state agency operating a fleet of more than 15 vehicles,
excluding law enforcement and emergency vehicles, unless that vehicle is an
alternative fuel vehicle.
(c)
Requisitions for purchase or lease of vehicles after September 1, 1991, to a
state agency operating a fleet of more than 15 vehicles, excluding law
enforcement or emergency vehicles, will not be processed by the comptroller
unless the requisition specifies an alternative fuel vehicle, or is accompanied
by a request for waiver in accordance with §
20.438 of this title (relating to
Effective Waiver), or a current and valid waiver issued under that section is
on file with the comptroller. If the requisition specifies an alternative fuel
vehicle as a result of a conversion, it must contain certification as to the
anticipated time after delivery that the conversion will be completed. The
conversion must be completed prior to the vehicle being placed in service,
unless hardship would result. In the case of potential undue hardship, the
comptroller may approve use of the vehicle for one or more periods of 90 days
following delivery before it is converted. A request for waiver submitted with
a requisition will be referred to the division travel and transportation staff
and will be granted or denied in accordance with §
20.438 of this title.
(d) If a waiver is granted or is on file, the
comptroller will process the purchase requisition without undue delay. If a
waiver request is denied, the comptroller will return the requisition to the
agency without further processing.
(e) In accordance with Government Code,
§
2158.0031, a state
agency authorized to purchase passenger vehicles or other ground transportation
vehicles for general use shall purchase economical, fuel-efficient vehicles
assembled in the United States unless such a purchase would have a significant
detrimental effect on the use to which the vehicles will be put.
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