House File 2547
HOUSE FILE
BY COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT
OVERSIGHT
(SUCCESSOR TO HF 469)
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act providing for the disposition and sale of certain state=
2 owned motor vehicles and making an appropriation.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 1 Section 1. DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES == STATE=
1 2 OWNED PASSENGER VEHICLES == DISPOSITION AND SALE ==
1 3 DISTRIBUTION OF PROCEEDS.
1 4 1. Consistent with the requirements of section 8A.361, the
1 5 department of administrative services shall be the sole
1 6 department authorized to operate a pool of passenger vehicles
1 7 located in Polk county for temporary assignment to multiple
1 8 drivers of a state department or agency that is located within
1 9 Polk county. By September 30, 2004, all passenger vehicles
1 10 located in Polk county and designated for use by multiple
1 11 drivers that are assigned to a state department or agency
1 12 within Polk county on January 1, 2004, or later shall be
1 13 returned to the department of administrative services for use
1 14 and disposition as provided by this section.
1 15 2. On or before December 31, 2004, the department of
1 16 administrative services shall sell at auction thirty percent
1 17 of passenger vehicles returned to the department of
1 18 administrative services pursuant to subsection 1 and passenger
1 19 vehicles otherwise under the control of the department for use
1 20 by multiple drivers of state departments or agencies within
1 21 Polk county. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 8A.364
1 22 to the contrary, proceeds from the sale of motor vehicles as
1 23 provided by this subsection shall be deposited in the
1 24 depreciation account of the department of public safety and
1 25 are appropriated for the purchase of motor vehicles for the
1 26 Iowa state patrol.
1 27 3. For purposes of this section, "passenger vehicles"
1 28 means United States environmental protection agency designated
1 29 compact sedans, compact wagons, midsize sedans, midsize
1 30 wagons, full=size sedans, and passenger minivans. "Passenger
1 31 vehicles" does not mean utility vehicles, vans other than
1 32 passenger minivans, fire trucks, ambulances, motor homes,
1 33 buses, medium=duty and heavy=duty trucks, heavy construction
1 34 equipment, and other highway maintenance vehicles, vehicles
1 35 assigned for law enforcement purposes, and any other classes
2 1 of vehicles of limited application approved by the director of
2 2 the department of administrative services.
2 3 EXPLANATION
2 4 This bill concerns the disposition and sale of certain
2 5 state=owned passenger vehicles.
2 6 The bill provides that the department of administrative
2 7 services shall be the sole department authorized to operate a
2 8 pool of passenger vehicles located in Polk county for
2 9 temporary assignments to multiple drivers of a state
2 10 department or agency that is located within Polk county. The
2 11 bill provides that by September 30, 2004, all such passenger
2 12 vehicles that are assigned to a state department or agency
2 13 within Polk county on January 1, 2004, or later shall be
2 14 returned to the department of administrative services. The
2 15 bill then provides that on or before December 31, 2004, the
2 16 department shall sell at auction 30 percent of the vehicles
2 17 returned to the department and other passenger vehicles
2 18 otherwise under the control of the department and used in a
2 19 pool of vehicles for use by multiple drivers in Polk county.
2 20 The bill then provides that the proceeds from the sale of
2 21 these passenger vehicles be deposited in the depreciation
2 22 account of the department of public safety and are
2 23 appropriated for the purchase of vehicles for the Iowa state
2 24 patrol.
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