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43803
. For each vehicle identified by the state board as a
low-emission motor vehicle, the Department of General Services, in
consultation with the state board and the State Energy Resources
Conservation and Development Commission, shall determine if the
low-emission motor vehicle meets all of the following requirements:
(a) The vehicle can be manufactured or obtained in sufficient
numbers for the purpose of proper evaluation.
(b) The vehicle meets the performance needs for state vehicles.
(c) The cost of the vehicle does not exceed by more than 100
percent the average cost of comparable state vehicles purchased in
the preceding fiscal year.
(d) If the vehicle is purchased by the state, there would be a
sufficient number of servicing and maintenance outlets.
(e) The average operating and maintenance costs for the vehicle
are comparable to the average operating and maintenance costs for all
other state passenger vehicles. In no event, however, shall the
average operating and maintenance costs for the vehicle exceed the
average costs of operating and maintaining all other state vehicles
by more than 50 percent.