Bill Text: PA SB104 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Providing for State-owned vehicle use.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 23-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-06-15 - Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT [SB104 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-SB104-Amended.html

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PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 179, 1623 PRINTER'S NO. 2025
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 104 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY FOLMER, VANCE, D. WHITE, PICCOLA, SCARNATI, EICHELBERGER, RAFFERTY, ERICKSON, GORDNER, ORIE, PILEGGI, COSTA, ALLOWAY, M. WHITE, EARLL, WAUGH, SMUCKER, WARD, BRUBAKER, BAKER, TOMLINSON, BROWNE, WONDERLING AND ROBBINS, FEBRUARY 6, 2009
SENATOR CORMAN, APPROPRIATIONS, RE-REPORTED AS AMENDED, JUNE 7, 2010
AN ACT
Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), entitled,
as amended, "An act relating to the finances of the State
government; providing for the settlement, assessment,
collection, and lien of taxes, bonus, and all other accounts
due the Commonwealth, the collection and recovery of fees and
other money or property due or belonging to the Commonwealth,
or any agency thereof, including escheated property and the
proceeds of its sale, the custody and disbursement or other
disposition of funds and securities belonging to or in the
possession of the Commonwealth, and the settlement of claims
against the Commonwealth, the resettlement of accounts and
appeals to the courts, refunds of moneys erroneously paid to
the Commonwealth, auditing the accounts of the Commonwealth
and all agencies thereof, of all public officers collecting
moneys payable to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
and all receipts of appropriations from the Commonwealth,
authorizing the Commonwealth to issue tax anticipation notes
to defray current expenses, implementing the provisions of
section 7(a) of Article VIII of the Constitution of
Pennsylvania authorizing and restricting the incurring of
certain debt and imposing penalties; affecting every
department, board, commission, and officer of the State
government, every political subdivision of the State, and
certain officers of such subdivisions, every person,
association, and corporation required to pay, assess, or
collect taxes, or to make returns or reports under the laws
imposing taxes for State purposes, or to pay license fees or
other moneys to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
every State depository and every debtor or creditor of the
Commonwealth," providing for State-owned vehicle use.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known
as The Fiscal Code, is amended by adding an article to read:
ARTICLE XV-B
STATE-OWNED VEHICLE USE
Section 1501-B. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this article
shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Department." The Department of General Services of the
Commonwealth.
"Official business." Work performed on behalf of the <--
Commonwealth as part of a State employee's job duties and
responsibilities. The term does not include travel between a
State employee's home and the State employee's primary
workplace.
"Personal use." The use of a State-owned vehicle for any
purpose other than for use for official business.
"State employee." The term does not include an elected
public official of the State government.
"State entity." A Commonwealth or judicial agency. <--
"State-owned vehicle." A vehicle that is owned by the
Commonwealth. The term shall not include vehicles used for law
enforcement purposes by persons that have arrest powers. <--
Section 1502-B. Assignment of vehicle. <--
No State employee shall be eligible for a long-term
assignment of a State-owned vehicle unless the State employee's
duties require the State employee to travel at least 1,200 miles
per month on average on official business.
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Section 1503-B. Mileage log.
Any State employee who is assigned a State-owned vehicle
shall be required to maintain a monthly mileage log detailing
the State employee's use of the vehicle.
Section 1504-B. Log maintenance.
The department shall post and maintain the logs required by
this article on its Internet website in such a manner that the
logs can be searched, at a minimum, by department, the State
employee's full name, vehicle make and vehicle model.
Section 1505-B. Redaction.
Logs required by this article that are maintained by law
enforcement personnel may be redacted to the extent that
redaction is necessary to protect the following:
(1) The integrity of an ongoing criminal investigation.
(2) The identity of a State employee who performs
undercover law enforcement duties.
Section 1506-B. Reimbursement.
A State employee who is assigned a State-owned vehicle shall
reimburse the State a reasonable amount, proportional to the
State employee's use of the vehicle for personal use, for State-
provided insurance coverage and the cost of gasoline.
Section 1502-B. Vehicle registry. <--
The department and each State entity shall post and maintain
a list of State employees, contract employees and independent
contractors under its jurisdiction who are assigned a State-
owned vehicle on its respective Internet website. The list shall
include the State employee's, contract employee's and
independent contractor's name, State entity, title and year and
make of the State-owned vehicle. The list shall be updated every
90 days, except that previous years' lists shall remain posted
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and available.
Section 1507-B 1503-B. Official use license plate. <--
Any State-owned vehicle assigned to a State employee, <--
contract employee or independent contractor shall have an
official use license plate unless the State employee, contract <--
employee or independent contractor to whom that State-owned
vehicle is assigned performs undercover law enforcement duties.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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