Texas Administrative Code › Title 34 - PUBLIC FINANCE › Part 1 - COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS › Chapter 20 - STATEWIDE PROCUREMENT AND SUPPORT SERVICES › Subchapter C - PROCUREMENT METHODS AND CONTRACT FORMATION › Division 3 - SPECIAL CONTRACTING METHODS › Section 20.235 - Purchase of Motor Vehicles

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(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.