The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
- (1) Capitalized maintenance equipment--Maintenance equipment having an acquisition value of $5,000 or more.
- (2) Commission--Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission.
- (3) Department--Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
- (4) Department purpose--Any function of the department required or authorized by state or federal law.
- (5) Fair market value--The price at which a piece of maintenance equipment would change hands between a willing buyer and a willing seller, neither being under any compulsion to buy or to sell and both having reasonable knowledge of relevant facts.
- (6) Maintenance cost--The annual cost to repair or otherwise keep a piece of maintenance equipment in working order, but does not include routine maintenance, such as oil changes, tire replacement, and lubrication, that are part of a scheduled regime of equipment care.
- (7) Maintenance equipment--Personal property owned by the department that is used to administer, operate, preserve, repair, expand, or otherwise maintain real property, including improvements and fixtures, owned or operated by the department.
- (8) Operational--The condition of being currently in use or functionally capable of being used.
(9) Outdated equipment--Capitalized maintenance equipment that:
- (A) has a fair market value that is less than the maintenance cost;
- (B) is not operational and cannot reasonably be made operational; or
- (C) no longer serves a department purpose.
- (10) Replacement cost--The cost of replacing maintenance equipment with maintenance equipment having similar functionality.
Source Note:The provisions of this §60.2 adopted to be effective December 23, 2007, 32 TexReg 9349.