REFERENCE TITLE: state fleet; inventory reduction

State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-third Legislature First Regular Session 2017

HB 2440

Introduced by Representative Weninger

 

AN ACT

 

Establishing a demonstration program to reduce the use of the state motor vehicle fleet and increase the use of transportation network, vehicle for hire companies, fleet management companies, rental car companies and other public‑private partnerships.

 

 

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.  State motor vehicle fleet reduction demonstration program; transportation network, vehicle for hire companies, fleet management companies, rental car companies and other public‑private partnerships; annual report; delayed repeal; definitions

A.  The department of administration shall establish a demonstration program to reduce the use of the state motor vehicle fleet and increase the use of transportation network companies, vehicle for hire companies, fleet management companies, rental car companies and other public‑private partnerships.

B.  The department of administration shall reduce the inventory of light motor vehicles in the state motor vehicle fleet as described in section 41‑803, Arizona Revised Statutes, by twenty percent for each of the fiscal years 2018‑2019 and 2019‑2020 and increase the use of transportation network companies, vehicle for hire companies, fleet management companies, rental car companies and other public‑private partnerships to provide transportation for state officers and employees.

C.  On or before September 1, 2019 and September 1, 2020, the department of administration shall submit a report on the results of the demonstration program, including findings and recommendations, to the governor, the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives and provide a copy of this report to the secretary of state.

D.  This section is repealed from and after December 31, 2020.

E.  For the purposes of this section:

1.  "Light motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle that has a gross vehicle weight of eight thousand five hundred pounds or less.

2.  "Transportation network company" has the same meaning prescribed in section 28‑9551, Arizona Revised Statutes.

3.  "Vehicle for hire company" has the same meaning prescribed in section 28‑9501, Arizona Revised Statutes.