HOUSE BILL No. 4827

May 24, 2007, Introduced by Reps. Amos, Rocca, Green, Miller, Ward, Meisner, Accavitti, Shaffer, Meekhof, Emmons, Gonzales, Sheltrown, Gaffney, Hune, Nofs, Dean, Sheen, Robertson, Hansen, David Law, Casperson, Palsrok, Booher, Steil and Agema and referred to the Committee on Oversight and Investigations.

 

     A bill to amend 1984 PA 431, entitled

 

"The management and budget act,"

 

by amending sections 213 and 215 (MCL 18.1213 and 18.1215), section

 

213 as amended by 2006 PA 269 and section 215 as amended by 1988 PA

 

504.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 213. (1) As used in this section:

 

     (a) "Fund" means the motor transport revolving fund created in

 

subsection (4).

 

     (b) "Motor vehicle" means a passenger vehicle, van, minibus,

 

bus, truck, tractor, or other motorized vehicle.

 

     (2) The department may issue directives relative to all the

 

following for motor vehicles except for those motor vehicles under


 

the jurisdiction of the state transportation department:

 

     (a) The purchasing, leasing, maintaining, operating,

 

replacing, and disposing of motor vehicles for all state agencies.

 

     (b) The using of state owned motor vehicles for official

 

business.

 

     (c) The establishing of conditions for use of privately owned

 

motor vehicles on official business.

 

     (d) The acquiring of vehicle registration plates.

 

     (e) The maintaining of motor vehicle titles and insurance

 

inventories.

 

     (f) The assigning of motor vehicles, permanently or

 

temporarily, to state agencies and to institutions of higher

 

education. However, a director of a principal department or state

 

agency or the state surgeon general shall not be assigned a motor

 

vehicle.

 

     (g) The establishing of rates to be charged for use of a motor

 

vehicle. The rates shall be reviewed periodically and shall be

 

sufficient to cover the costs of administration and of the

 

acquisition, operation, maintenance, repair, and replacement of

 

motor vehicles.

 

     (h) The displaying of distinctive vehicle registration plates

 

and other external markings on the motor vehicles. The plates and

 

markings shall clearly identify state ownership unless the motor

 

vehicle is used by an elected official, or for an investigative

 

use, or anonymity is essential to properly perform a necessary

 

function of state government as determined by the director.

 

     (3) The department shall establish motor vehicle repair


 

centers and motor pools.

 

     (4) The motor transport revolving fund is hereby created. The

 

revenue received from rates charged pursuant to subsection (2)(g)

 

and revenue which is received from any other source and designated

 

to be credited to the motor transport revolving fund shall be

 

credited to the motor transport revolving fund. The amounts in the

 

fund are continuously appropriated only for administration and the

 

acquisition, lease, operation, maintenance, repair, and replacement

 

of state owned motor vehicles and related capital outlay and

 

equipment.

 

     (5) Assets and liabilities of the motor transport revolving

 

fund shall be considered assets and liabilities of the motor

 

transport revolving fund created by this section.

 

     (6) Not later than January 1, 2007, the director shall install

 

the necessary fueling infrastructure or contract with a supplier to

 

supply alternative fuels at all state motor transport facilities so

 

that all state owned vehicles capable of utilizing alternative

 

fuels are able to use them. As used in this subsection,

 

"alternative fuel" means E85 fuel and biodiesel fuel blends.

 

     Sec. 215. (1) As used in this section, "motor vehicle" means a

 

motor vehicle which is that term as defined in section 213(1). and

 

is

 

     (2) This section applies to motor vehicles owned by any of the

 

following:

 

     (a) The the state transportation department .

 

     (b) The and the department of natural resources.

 

     (3) (2) A motor vehicle and the person to whom a motor vehicle


 

is assigned is subject to the following restrictions:

 

     (a) An unclassified employee who is a director of a principal

 

department or of a state agency, as determined by the director of

 

the department of management and budget, may or the state surgeon

 

general shall not be assigned a motor vehicle. A person who is

 

assigned a motor vehicle pursuant to this subdivision may utilize

 

the motor vehicle between the person's residence and official work

 

station.

 

     (b) A state employee who may not be assigned a motor vehicle

 

pursuant to other than an individual described in subdivision (a)

 

may be assigned a motor vehicle which may be utilized between the

 

person's residence and official work station only if both of the

 

following conditions are satisfied:

 

     (i) Adequate or safe work station parking is nonexistent;

 

technical equipment on or in the motor vehicle requires a secure

 

parking area which is not available at the person's work station;

 

or it is in the best interest of the state to occasionally begin or

 

end the assignment of the motor vehicle at the employee's

 

residence.

 

     (ii) The residence-to-official work station utilization is

 

approved by the director of the employee's principal department or

 

the authorized representative of the director of the employee's

 

principal department.

 

     (c) Except as provided in subdivisions (a) and (b), a person

 

may utilize a motor vehicle for nonduty use only when the employee

 

is on assignment away from the person's work station where other

 

transportation is not available.


 

     (d) The value of all mileage driven in a motor vehicle shall

 

be recorded in accordance with regulations issued by the internal

 

revenue service and directives issued by the department.

 

     (e) A motor vehicle shall not be used for personal use.