Senate Bill No. 538
(By Senators Dittmar, Schoonover and Anderson)
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[Introduced February 20,1995; referred to the Committee
on Government Organization; and then to the Committee on
Finance.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact section forty-eight, article three,
chapter five-a of the code of West Virginia, one
thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating
to exempting the division of natural resources and the
division of forestry from travel rules in the purchasing
division.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section forty-eight, article three, chapter five-a of
the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one,
as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 3. PURCHASING DIVISION.
§5A-3-48. Travel rules; exceptions.
The secretary of administration shall promulgate rules and regulations relating to the ownership, purchase, use, storage,
maintenance and repair of all motor vehicles and aircraft owned
by the state of West Virginia and in the possession of any
department, institution or agency thereof: Provided, That the
provisions of sections forty-eight through fifty-three of this
article shall not apply to the division of highways of the
department of transportation, or to the division of public safety
of the department of military affairs and public safety, the
division of natural resources of the department of commerce,
labor and environmental resources, the division of forestry and
the department of agriculture. If, in the judgment of the
secretary, economy or convenience indicate the expediency
thereof, the secretary may require all vehicles and the aircraft
subject to regulation by this article, or such of them as he or
she may designate, to be kept in such garages, and other places
of storage, and to be made available in such manner and under
such terms for the official use of such departments,
institutions, agencies, officers, agents and employees of the
state as the secretary may designate by any such rule or
regulation as he or she may from time to time promulgate. The
secretary also has the authority to administer the travel regulations promulgated by the governor in accordance with
section eleven, article three, chapter twelve of this code,
unless otherwise determined by the governor.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to exempt the division of
natural resources, the division of forestry and the department of
agriculture from vehicle purchase prohibitions.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken
from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language
that would be added.