HOUSE BILL No. 6413


     September 24, 2002, Introduced by Reps. Kolb and Lipsey and referred to the Committee on House Oversight and Operations.


        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:

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

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

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        in subsection (4).

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

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        bus, truck, tractor, or other motorized vehicle.

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

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        following for motor vehicles except for those motor vehicles

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        under the jurisdiction of the state transportation department:

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

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        replacing, and disposing of motor vehicles for all state

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        agencies.


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

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        business.

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             (c) The establishing of conditions for use of privately

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        owned motor vehicles on official business.

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             (d) The acquiring of vehicle registration plates.

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             (e) The maintaining of motor vehicle titles and insurance

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        inventories.

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             (f) The assigning of motor vehicles, permanently or tempo-

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        rarily, to state agencies and to institutions of higher

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        education.

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

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        motor vehicle.  The rates shall be reviewed periodically and

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        shall be sufficient to cover the costs of administration and of

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        the acquisition, operation, maintenance, repair, and replacement

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        of motor vehicles.

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             (h) The displaying of distinctive vehicle registration

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        plates and other external markings on the motor vehicles.  The

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        plates and markings shall clearly identify state ownership unless

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        the motor vehicle is used by an elected official, or for an

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        investigative use, or anonymity is essential to properly perform

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        a necessary function of state government as determined by the

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        director.

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             (3) The department shall establish motor vehicle repair cen-

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        ters and motor pools.

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

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        The revenue received from rates charged pursuant to

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        subsection (2)(g) and revenue which is received from any other



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        source and designated to be credited to the motor transport

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        revolving fund shall be credited to the motor transport revolving

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        fund.  The amounts in the fund are continuously appropriated only

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        for administration and the acquisition, lease, operation, mainte-

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        nance, repair, and replacement of state owned motor vehicles and

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        related capital outlay and equipment.

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             (5) Assets and liabilities of the motor transport revolving

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        fund shall be considered assets and liabilities of the motor

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        transport revolving fund created by this section.

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             (6) NOT LATER THAN JANUARY 1, 2003, THE DIRECTOR SHALL ISSUE

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        A DIRECTIVE TO ALL STATE AGENCIES REQUIRING A 10% OR MORE REDUC-

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        TION OF EMISSIONS IN ALL STATE OWNED MOTOR VEHICLES BY JANUARY 1,

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        2015.  THE REDUCTION IN EMISSIONS MAY BE ACCOMPLISHED BY THE

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        REDUCTION OF THE NUMBER OF MOTOR VEHICLES OWNED BY THE STATE, BY

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        PURCHASING ELECTRIC, HYBRID, OR ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLES, OR IN

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        ANY OTHER MANNER AS DETERMINED BY THE DIRECTOR.  THE DIRECTOR MAY

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        CREATE ADVISORY WORK GROUPS TO ADVISE AND ASSIST THE DIRECTOR IN

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        REDUCING THE EMISSIONS OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE FLEET OWNED BY THIS

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        STATE.



















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