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2013 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §§ 2.2-1175, 2.2-1179, and 2.2-1180 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 2.2-1175. Responsibilities of Director.
The Director shall establish an appropriate administrative unit within the Department to manage the centralized fleet. The Director's responsibilities for the centralized fleet shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
1. Administering the assignment of vehicles to officers and employees of the Commonwealth;
2. Managing a pool of vehicles for short-term use;
3. Purchasing vehicles necessary to the operation of the centralized fleet;
4. Repairing and maintaining vehicles;
5. Monitoring the use of vehicles and enforcing regulations
guidance documents regarding their proper use; and
6. Maintaining records related to the operation and maintenance of vehicles, and the administration of the centralized fleet.
§ 2.2-1179. Use of vehicles for commuting.
No passenger-type vehicle purchased or leased with public
funds shall be used to commute between an employee's home and official work station
without the prior written approval of the agency head and, in the case of
vehicles assigned to the centralized fleet, the Director. The Director shall issue
regulations establish guidance documents governing such use of
vehicles and shall ensure that costs associated with such use shall be
recovered from employees. Employees who do not report to an official work
station shall not be required to pay for travel between their homes and field
sites. Regulations promulgated Guidance documents established by
the Director and recovery of costs shall not apply to use of vehicles by
law-enforcement officers. By executive order of the Governor, such rules and
regulations guidance documents may extend to all motor vehicles of
any type owned by the Commonwealth, or such of them as the Governor may
designate.
§ 2.2-1180. Guidance documents governing state-owned passenger-type vehicles.
The Director may promulgate regulations establish
guidance documents for the purchase, use, storage, maintenance, repair,
and disposal of all passenger-type vehicles owned by the Commonwealth and
assigned to the centralized fleet. By executive order of the Governor, such regulations
guidance documents may extend to all motor vehicles of any type
owned by the Commonwealth, or such of them as the Governor may designate.
If any state officer, agent, or employee fails to comply with
any regulation guidance documents of the Director made pursuant
to the provisions of this section, the Secretary of Administration shall be so
notified, and the Comptroller shall, upon request of the Secretary, refuse to
issue any warrant or warrants on account of expenses incurred, or to be
incurred in the purchase, operation, maintenance, or repair of any motor
vehicle now or to be in the possession or under the control of such officer,
agent, or employee, or the Secretary of Administration may order the
Director to take possession of any such vehicle and to return or transfer it to
the centralized fleet for assignment or use as prescribed by this chapter. Regulations
previously promulgated by the Commonwealth Transportation Board under the
authority granted by § 33.1-407 concerning the purchase, use, storage,
maintenance, repair, and disposal of all passenger-type vehicles owned
by the Commonwealth and assigned to the centralized fleet shall remain in
effect until the Director promulgates establishes replacement regulations
guidance documents under the authority granted by this article.