A00581
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
746
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY ROAE, ROWE, THOMAS, COOK, KAUFFMAN, KNOWLES,
STAMBAUGH, JONES, ROTHMAN, BERNSTINE, RYAN, SAYLOR,
B. MILLER, ZIMMERMAN, SMITH, BOROWICZ, HAMM, R. MACKENZIE,
MOUL, KEEFER, WEBSTER AND DAVANZO, MARCH 3, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, MARCH 3, 2021
AN ACT
Limiting assignment of State-owned vehicles.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the State-Owned
Vehicle Assignment Limitation Act.
Section 2. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
"State official." A member of the General Assembly.
"State-owned vehicle." A vehicle that is owned by the
Commonwealth.
Section 3. Applicability.
This act shall not apply to a State official who can
demonstrate, as certified by the Comptroller of the legislative
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chamber that the State official is a member of, that an
assignment or lease of a vehicle would result in cost savings to
the Commonwealth when compared to eligible reimbursement for
expenses available to the State official if the State official
was not assigned or leased a vehicle for travel associated with
legislative business.
Section 3 4. Limitations on State-owned vehicle leases.
(a) General rule.--Except as provided under subsection (b):
(1) A State official may not be assigned a State-owned
vehicle.
(2) Commonwealth funds may not be used to lease a
vehicle to or on behalf of a State official.
(b) Emergency response.--This section shall not apply to a
State official whose official duties require the assignment or
lease of a vehicle for emergency response.
Section 4 5. Continued use of vehicles.
(a) Continued use.--A State official who has been assigned a
State-owned vehicle or a vehicle leased by the Commonwealth
before the effective date of this act may continue to use the
vehicle under the same rules and procedures in effect before the
effective date of this section until the State official is no
longer a member of the General Assembly, relinquishes control of
the vehicle back to the Commonwealth or is otherwise no longer
eligible to use the vehicle under the rules and procedures in
effect before the effective date of this section.
(b) Prohibition.--A State official who has been assigned a
State-owned vehicle or a vehicle leased by the Commonwealth
before the effective date of this section may not be assigned a
different State-owned vehicle or a vehicle leased by the
Commonwealth after the State official ceases using the assigned
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vehicle.
Section 5 6. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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