SB-1075, As Passed Senate, April 20, 2006

SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE BILL NO. 1075

     A bill to amend 1984 PA 431, entitled

"The management and budget act,"

by amending section 213 (MCL 18.1213).

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.