Senate Bill No. 316
(By Senators Plymale, Jones, Anderson, Helmick,
Manchin, Lucht, Ross, Miller and Sharpe)
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[Introduced February 10, 1994; referred to the Committee
on Government Organization.]
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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 using
county-owned vehicles. Any law-enforcement division in any stateagency 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 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 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.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require that mileage
logs be used by all agencies and to prohibit the use of a state-
owned or county-owned vehicle to be used as transportation to or
from his or her residence.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.