Bill Text: MI SB0008 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: State financing and management; purchasing; installation of tracking device on state employee driven state vehicles; require. Amends sec. 213 of 1984 PA 431 (MCL 18.1213).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-21 - Referred To Committee Of The Whole With Substitute S-1 [SB0008 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2015-SB0008-Introduced.html
SENATE BILL No. 8
January 20, 2015, Introduced by Senator SCHUITMAKER and referred to the Committee on Elections and Government Reform.
A bill to amend 1984 PA 431, entitled
"The management and budget act,"
by amending section 213 (MCL 18.1213), as amended by 2006 PA 269.
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.
(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.
(7) Not later than July 1, 2015, the director shall issue
directives to all state agencies requiring all motor vehicles
purchased or leased by the state agency after July 1, 2015 to have
a tracking device that monitors, tracks, and records where and when
the motor vehicle has been driven and how many miles the motor
vehicle has been driven.
