COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
Senate Bill No. 428
(By Senators Plymale, Jones, Anderson, Helmick and Ross)
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[Originating in the Committee on Government Organization;
reported March 30, 1993.]
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A BILL to amend article three, chapter five-a of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended,
by adding thereto a new section, designated section fifty-
five, relating to mileage logs when using state vehicles;
prohibiting transportation to or from place of residence in
state or county owned vehicles; and exceptions.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article three, chapter five-a of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be
amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section
fifty-five, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 3. PURCHASING DIVISION.
§5A-3-55. Mandatory use of mileage logs when using state
vehicles.
The secretary of administration shall require that daily
mileage logs be maintained by all agencies of state government
using state-owned vehicles and? by all county personnel usingcounty-owned vehicles. Any law-enforcement division in any state
agency or in any county is excluded from the requirement of this
section. The daily mileage logs shall be implemented according
to guidelines set forth by the Internal Revenue Service for
business use of vehicles. The provisions of this section shall
apply to all vehicles, including vehicles that are purchased,
leased or rented through federal grant moneys. A charge shall
apply to the user for all personal mileage pursuant to standards
set by the Internal Revenue Service:
Provided, That no person
shall use a state-owned or county-owned vehicle for
transportation to or from his or her place of residence, except
for a person placed on-call by his or her work supervisor, or a
person who operates a county-owned school bus, or in a bona fide
emergency situation.