HOUSE BILL No. 5006

 

July 10, 2007, Introduced by Reps. Corriveau, Leland, Byrum, Valentine, Simpson, Angerer, Lemmons, Ebli, Griffin, Lindberg, Wojno, Gonzales, Warren, Melton, Meadows, Hammon, Sak, Brown, Miller, Clack, Robert Jones, Vagnozzi and Dean and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.

 

     A bill to amend 1984 PA 431, entitled

 

"The management and budget act,"

 

by amending sections 115, 213, and 215 (MCL 18.1115, 18.1213, and

 

18.1215), section 115 as amended by 1999 PA 8, 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. 115. (1) "Institution of higher education" means a state

 

supported 4-year college or university.

 

     (2) "JCOS" means the joint capital outlay subcommittee of the

 

appropriations committees.

 

     (3) Except as used in sections 284 to 292, "record" means a

 

public record as defined in section 2 of the freedom of information

 

act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.232.

 


     (4) "State agency" means a department, board, commission,

 

office, agency, authority, or other unit of state government, .

 

State agency but does not include an any of the following:

 

     (a) An institution of higher education or a community college.

 

or, for

 

     (b) For purposes of article 2 or 3, except for those sections

 

pertaining to the assignment, use, purchase, or lease of a motor

 

vehicle by the department, the legislative branch of government.

 

     (c) For purposes of article 2 or 3, except for those sections

 

pertaining to the authorization, planning, construction, and

 

funding of a capital outlay project, including construction of a

 

facility to house offices or functions necessary for operation of

 

the judicial branch of government, state agency does not include or

 

those sections pertaining to the assignment, use, purchase, or

 

lease of a motor vehicle by the department, the judicial branch of

 

government.

 

     (5) "Unit of local government" means a political subdivision

 

of this state, including school districts, community college

 

districts, intermediate school districts, cities, villages,

 

townships, counties, and authorities, if the political subdivision

 

has as its primary purpose the providing of local governmental

 

service for citizens in a geographically limited area of the state

 

and has the power to act primarily on behalf of that area.

 

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

 

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

 

subsection (4) (5).

 

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

 


bus, truck, tractor, or other motorized vehicle.

 

     (2) The Except as provided in section 215, 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. A state owned or leased motor vehicle shall not be used

 

for any personal use.

 

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

 

motor vehicles on official business. The legislature may establish

 

conditions for the use of privately owned motor vehicles for

 

official legislative business. The judicial branch may establish

 

conditions for the use of privately owned motor vehicles for

 

official judicial 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. A motor vehicle shall not be assigned on the basis of

 

the public office held, job classification, job title, as a

 

management perquisite, or as an employment benefit. However, a

 

motor vehicle may be assigned if the department determines that

 

either of the following applies:

 

     (i) An assigned vehicle is necessary to perform job duties.

 


     (ii) An assigned vehicle is necessary for security reasons.

 

     (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 for security or to properly perform

 

a necessary function of state government as determined by the

 

director.

 

     (3) A state owned or leased motor vehicle shall not be used

 

for personal use by an employee of the legislative or judicial

 

branch of government. An employee or officer of the legislative or

 

judicial branch of government is subject to subsection (2)(f) to

 

the same extent as an employee or officer of a state agency or

 

institution of higher education.

 

     (4) (3) The department shall establish motor vehicle repair

 

centers and motor pools.

 

     (5) (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.

 

     (6) (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.

 

     (7) (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 either

 

of the following:

 

     (a) The state transportation department.

 

     (b) 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 be assigned a motor

 

vehicle for official business use only. 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 Except as provided in subdivision (a), a motor

 

vehicle shall not be assigned on the basis of the public office

 

held, job classification, job title, as a management perquisite, or

 

as an employment benefit. An employee who may not be assigned a

 

motor vehicle pursuant to other than an employee 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.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect

 


unless Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No.____ (request no.

 

03562'07) of the 94th Legislature is enacted into law.