March 13, 2003, Introduced by Reps. Caswell, Brandenburg and Garfield and referred to the Committee on Government 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:
1 Sec. 213. (1) As used in this section:
2 (a) "Fund" means the motor transport revolving fund created
3 in subsection (4).
4 (b) "Motor vehicle" means a passenger vehicle, van, minibus,
5 bus, truck, tractor, or other motorized vehicle.
6 (2) The department may issue directives relative to all the
7 following for motor vehicles except for those motor vehicles
8 under the jurisdiction of the state transportation department:
9 (a) The purchasing, leasing, maintaining, operating,
10 replacing, and disposing of motor vehicles for all state
11 agencies.
1 (b) The using of state owned motor vehicles for official
2 business.
3 (c) The establishing of conditions for use of privately owned
4 motor vehicles on official business.
5 (d) The acquiring of vehicle registration plates.
6 (e) The maintaining of motor vehicle titles and insurance
7 inventories.
8 (f) The assigning of motor vehicles, permanently or
9 temporarily, to state agencies and to institutions of higher
10 education.
11 (g) The establishing of rates to be charged for use of a
12 motor vehicle. The rates shall be reviewed periodically and
13 shall be sufficient to cover the costs of administration and of
14 the acquisition, operation, maintenance, repair, and replacement
15 of motor vehicles.
16 (h) The displaying of distinctive vehicle registration plates
17 and other external markings on the motor vehicles. The plates
18 and markings shall clearly identify state ownership unless the
19 motor vehicle is used by an elected official, or for an
20 investigative use, or anonymity is essential to properly perform
21 a necessary function of state government as determined by the
22 director.
23 (3) The department shall establish motor vehicle repair
24 centers and motor pools.
25 (4) The motor transport revolving fund is hereby created.
26 The revenue received from rates charged pursuant to
27 subsection (2)(g) and
revenue which that is received from any
1 other source and designated to be credited to the motor transport
2 revolving fund shall be credited to the motor transport revolving
3 fund. The amounts in the fund are continuously appropriated only
4 for administration and the acquisition, lease, operation,
5 maintenance, repair, and replacement of state owned motor
6 vehicles and related capital outlay and equipment.
7 (5) Assets and liabilities of the motor transport revolving
8 fund shall be considered assets and liabilities of the motor
9 transport revolving fund created by this section.
10 (6) Beginning October 1, 2003, all motor vehicles purchased
11 by a state agency shall be flex-fuel capable motor vehicles.
12 This subsection does not apply to diesel powered motor vehicles
13 purchased by a state agency. As used in this subsection,
14 "flex-fuel capable motor vehicles" means a motor vehicle capable
15 of being fueled by both gasoline and a gasoline-ethanol blend
16 consisting of at least 85% ethanol.