South Carolina § 1-11-220 - Division of General Services, Program of Fleet Management; Fleet Management Program.

§ 1-11-220. Division of General Services, Program of Fleet Management; Fleet Management Program.

There is hereby established within the Department of Administration, Division of General Services, Program of Fleet Management headed by the "State Fleet Manager", appointed by and reporting directly to the department. The department shall develop a comprehensive state Fleet Management Program. The program shall address acquisition, assignment, identification, replacement, disposal, maintenance, and operation of motor vehicles.

The department shall, through its policies and regulations, seek to:

(a) achieve maximum cost-effectiveness management of state-owned motor vehicles in support of the established missions and objectives of the agencies, boards, and commissions;

(b) eliminate unofficial and unauthorized use of state vehicles;

(c) minimize individual assignment of state vehicles;

(d) eliminate the reimbursable use of personal vehicles for accomplishment of official travel when this use is more costly than use of state vehicles;

(e) acquire motor vehicles offering optimum energy efficiency for the tasks to be performed;

(f) insure motor vehicles are operated in a safe manner in accordance with a statewide Fleet Safety Program; and

(g) improve environmental quality in this State by decreasing the discharge of pollutants.

HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 644 Part II SECTION 24(A); 1982 Act No. 429, SECTION 1; 2008 Act No. 203, SECTION 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature on April 17, 2008); 2014 Act No. 121 (S.22), Pt V, SECTION 7.E.1, eff July 1, 2015.

Effect of Amendment

The 2008 amendment added item (g) relating to improving the environmental quality by decreasing discharge of pollutants.

2014 Act No. 121, SECTION 7.E.1, in the first undesignated paragraph, substituted "Department of Administration, Division of General Services, Program of Fleet Management headed by" for "Budget and Control Board the Division of Motor Vehicle Management headed by a Director, hereafter referred to as", substituted "department" for "Budget and Control Board, hereafter referred to as the Board", and substituted "The department shall" for "The Board shall"; in the second undesignated paragraph, substituted "department" for "Budget and Control Board"; and made other nonsubstantive changes.