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status of current vehicle operations, projected requirements,
anticipated costs and savings realized to date for each fiscal
year.;

 
Sec. T-10. 5 MRSA §1811, sub-§§10 and 11 are enacted to read:

 
10.__Equipment to be reviewed.__To choose a designee to
conduct a thorough review of all types of equipment, including
automobiles, pickups and vans, owned, leased or otherwise
available to the departments and agencies of the State,
regardless of the source of supporting funds, and to make
recommendations via the budgetary process for combining the uses
of the equipment, providing centralized facilities or eliminating
existing equipment and facilities, as believed to be most
economical and efficient for the State.__The department may also
develop and institute review and control mechanisms considered
necessary to ensure that capital equipment purchases authorized
by the Legislature are consistent with the intent for which funds
were recommended and made available; and

 
11.__Motor vehicle replacement policy.__To require that
requisitions for replacement motor vehicles include the age and
total mileage of the motor vehicles being replaced.__For the
purposes of this subsection, "motor vehicles" means passenger
cars and panel and pickup trucks, excluding those vehicles
authorized and assigned for pursuit purposes.__Under no
circumstances are any state vehicles to be used for commuting
purposes.__It is the intent of the Legislature that motor
vehicles be in service for at least 5 years or 75,000 miles,
whichever occurs first, before they are replaced.__This policy
must also be adopted by the State Budget Officer when preparing a
budget document.__Exceptions to this replacement policy require
the prior approval of the Commissioner of Administrative and
Financial Services.__The Commissioner of Administrative and
Financial Services may also set appropriate standards with regard
to motor vehicle type, size and equipment and direct that all
motor vehicles be purchased in accordance with a commodity
calendar established by the Director of the Bureau of General
Services.

 
Sec. T-11. 5 MRSA §1877-A, sub-§4 is enacted to read:

 
4.__State cost allocation program.__The state cost allocation
program must annually identify the kind and cost of central
services furnished to each state agency from General Fund
appropriations.__The non-General Fund portion of each agency must
be assessed for these services as determined by the state cost
allocation program procedures to the extent that payments are not
expressly prohibited by state or federal law or by the terms of a


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