BILL REQ. #:  S-0195.1 

Read first time 02/01/2005.   Referred to Committee on Government Operations & Elections.

     AN ACT Relating to use of state vehicles; and amending RCW 43.41.130.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 43.41.130 and 1982 c 163 s 13 are each amended to read as follows:
     The director of financial management, after consultation with other interested or affected state agencies, shall establish overall policies governing the acquisition, operation, management, maintenance, repair, and disposal of, all passenger motor vehicles owned or operated by any state agency. Such policies shall include but not be limited to a definition of what constitutes authorized use of a state owned or controlled passenger motor vehicle and other motor vehicles on official state business. The definition shall include, but not be limited to, the use of state-owned motor vehicles for commuter ride sharing so long as the entire capital depreciation and operational expense of the commuter ride-sharing arrangement is paid by the commuters. Any use other than such defined use shall be considered as personal use.
     The policies must also include verification of a valid Washington state driver's license. Before an employee is allowed to use a vehicle owned, leased, or rented by a state agency, the agency director, or the director's designee, shall check with the department of licensing and confirm that the Washington state driver's license in the person's possession is valid. If the person does not have a valid license, use of a state vehicle is prohibited.
     Such policies shall also include the widest possible use of gasohol and cost-effective alternative fuels in all motor vehicles owned or operated by any state agency. As used in this section, "gasohol" means motor vehicle fuel which contains more than nine and one-half percent alcohol by volume.