Bill Text: MS SB2917 | 2012 | Regular Session | Enrolled

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Bill Title: State-owned vehicles; provide moratorium on purchase of and reduce total number over certain period of time.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2012-05-08 - Due From Governor 05/25/12 [SB2917 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2012-SB2917-Enrolled.html

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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2012 Regular Session

To: Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency

By: Senator(s) Collins, Hill

Senate Bill 2917

(As Sent to Governor)

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT FROM JULY 1, 2012, THROUGH JUNE 30, 2013, THE BUREAU OF FLEET MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION, SHALL NOT APPROVE THE PURCHASE, LEASE OR ACQUISITION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE BY A STATE AGENCY; TO REQUIRE CERTAIN STATE AGENCIES TO REDUCE THE TOTAL NUMBER OF MOTOR VEHICLES EACH YEAR BY A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE; TO PROVIDE FOR EXEMPTIONS TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

     SECTION 1.  (1)  For purposes of this section, the term "state agency" means any agency that is subject to oversight by the Bureau of Fleet Management of the Department of Finance and Administration under Section 25-1-77.

     (2)  Except as otherwise provided in this section, beginning on July 1, 2012, through June 30, 2013, the Bureau of Fleet Management, Department of Finance and Administration, shall not approve the purchase, lease or acquisition of any motor vehicle by a state agency, regardless of the source of funds used.

     (3)  Beginning July 1, 2012, any state agency with a fleet of more than fifty (50) motor vehicles shall reduce the total number of its motor vehicles by two percent (2%) each fiscal year until June 30, 2016.  The Bureau of Fleet Management and the State Auditor shall work together to enforce the provisions of this subsection.

     (4)  The provisions of subsections (2) and (3) of this section, with regard to the purchase, lease or acquisition of vehicles and to the mandatory reduction of the agency's fleet of vehicles, shall not apply to:

          (a)  A state agency's law enforcement or emergency vehicles, upon demonstrating to the Bureau of Fleet Management a justifiable need to be excluded from the provisions of subsections (2) and (3) of this section.

          (b)  A state agency's vehicles that are acquired by the use of grant monies that are specified to be used for that purpose.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2012.