House File 2038 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE
BY JACOBS
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act prohibiting the department of administrative services from
2 establishing a motor pool and providing for the disposition
3 and sale of motor pool vehicles and making an appropriation.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 1 Section 1. Section 8A.362, subsection 1, Code 2005, is
1 2 amended to read as follows:
1 3 1. The director may provide for the assignment to a state
1 4 officer or employee or to a state agency, of one or more motor
1 5 vehicles which may be required by the state officer or
1 6 employee or state agency, after the state officer or employee
1 7 or state agency has shown the necessity for such
1 8 transportation on a full=time basis. The director may assign
1 9 a motor vehicle either for part=time or full=time use. The
1 10 director may revoke the assignment at any time.
1 11 Sec. 2. Section 8A.362, subsection 7, Code 2005, is
1 12 amended to read as follows:
1 13 7. The director may authorize the establishment of shall
1 14 not establish or maintain motor pools consisting of a number
1 15 of state=owned motor vehicles under the director's
1 16 supervision. The director may store the motor vehicles in a
1 17 public or private garage. If the director establishes a motor
1 18 pool, for use by any state officer or employee desiring the
1 19 temporary use of a state=owned motor vehicle on state business
1 20 shall notify the director of the need for a vehicle within a
1 21 reasonable time prior to actual use of the motor vehicle. The
1 22 director may assign a motor vehicle from the motor pool to the
1 23 state officer or employee. If two or more state officers or
1 24 employees desire the use of a state=owned motor vehicle for a
1 25 trip to the same destination for the same length of time, the
1 26 director may assign one vehicle to make the trip.
1 27 Sec. 3. Section 8A.362, subsection 9, Code 2005, is
1 28 amended to read as follows:
1 29 9. All fuel used in state=owned automobiles shall be
1 30 purchased at cost from the various installations or garages of
1 31 the state department of transportation, state board of
1 32 regents, or department of human services, or state motor pools
1 33 throughout the state, unless the state=owned sources for the
1 34 purchase of fuel are not reasonably accessible. If the
1 35 director determines that state=owned sources for the purchase
2 1 of fuel are not reasonably accessible, the director shall
2 2 authorize the purchase of fuel from other sources. The
2 3 director may prescribe a manner, other than the use of the
2 4 revolving fund, in which the purchase of fuel from state=owned
2 5 sources is charged to the state agency responsible for the use
2 6 of the motor vehicle. The director shall prescribe the manner
2 7 in which oil and other normal motor vehicle maintenance for
2 8 state=owned motor vehicles may be purchased from private
2 9 sources, if they cannot be reasonably obtained from a state
2 10 motor pool state=owned sources. The director may advertise
2 11 for bids and award contracts in accordance with competitive
2 12 bidding procedures for items and services as provided in this
2 13 subchapter for furnishing fuel, oil, grease, and vehicle
2 14 replacement parts for all state=owned motor vehicles. The
2 15 director and other state agencies, when advertising for bids
2 16 for gasoline, shall also seek bids for ethanol blended
2 17 gasoline.
2 18 Sec. 4. DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES == MOTOR
2 19 POOL VEHICLES == DISPOSITION AND SALE == DISTRIBUTION OF
2 20 PROCEEDS. On or before December 31, 2006, the department of
2 21 administrative services shall sell at auction all vehicles
2 22 under the department's control that were in the state's motor
2 23 pool and available for use by any state officer or employee
2 24 desiring the temporary use of a state=owned motor vehicle on
2 25 state business as of June 30, 2006. Notwithstanding the
2 26 provisions of section 8A.364 to the contrary, proceeds from
2 27 the sale of motor vehicles as provided by this subsection
2 28 shall be deposited in the depreciation account of the
2 29 department of public safety and are appropriated for the
2 30 purchase of motor vehicles for the Iowa state patrol.
2 31 EXPLANATION
2 32 This bill provides for the elimination of the state motor
2 33 pool under the control of the department of administrative
2 34 services and for the disposition of vehicles in the motor
2 35 pool. In addition, the bill also provides that the department
3 1 can only assign motor vehicles to a state officer or employee,
3 2 or state agency, on a full=time basis and not on a part=time
3 3 basis.
3 4 The bill prohibits the department of administrative
3 5 services from establishing or maintaining motor pools for
3 6 temporary use of state=owned motor vehicles by state officers
3 7 and employees for state business. The bill provides that the
3 8 department sell at auction by December 31, 2006, all vehicles
3 9 that were in the motor pool as of June 30, 2006. The bill
3 10 then provides that the proceeds from the sale of these
3 11 vehicles be deposited in the depreciation account of the
3 12 department of public safety and are appropriated for the
3 13 purchase of motor vehicles for the Iowa state patrol.
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