1. (a) To the extent applicable, the commission adopts the Texas State Vehicle Fleet Management Plan developed by the Office of Vehicle Fleet Management, Statewide Procurement Division of the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts.
2. (b) The director and librarian will designate a vehicle fleet manager for the commission.

3. (c) The vehicle fleet manager, with executive approval, is responsible for:

   1. (1) managing the commission's vehicle fleet in accordance with the State Vehicle Fleet Management Plan;
   2. (2) observing and enforcing statewide fleet management policies and procedures at the agency level; and
   3. (3) developing written policies and procedures for managing commission vehicles that implement, to the extent feasible, the Best Practices guidelines of the State Vehicle Fleet Management Plan.
4. (d) Each commission vehicle is assigned to the commission motor pool and is available for checkout for official business by employees who are authorized to drive agency vehicles, with the advance approval of the executive or the vehicle fleet manager.
5. (e) The commission may assign a vehicle to an individual administrative or executive employee on a regular or everyday basis only if the commission makes a written documented finding that the assignment is critical to the needs and mission of the commission.

Source Note:The provisions of this §2.70 adopted to be effective February 27, 2001, 26 TexReg 1697; amended to be effective May 12, 2004, 29 TexReg 4463; amended to be effective June 25, 2023, 48 TexReg 3223.