81-1010 Chief of transportation services bureau; duties; responsibilities; Transportation Services Bureau Revolving Fund; created; use. - Nebraska Statutes

81-1010. Chief of transportation services bureau; duties; responsibilities; Transportation Services Bureau Revolving Fund; created; use.The chief of the transportation services bureau shall have the following duties and responsibilities:(1) To establish standards for which a state agency must qualify for the full-time assignment of state-owned motor vehicles;(2) To create a motor pool or motor pools for the use of agencies whose travel requirements do not meet the qualifications set out in subdivision (1) of this section;(3) To repair, maintain, and lease to state agencies all vehicles owned by the transportation services bureau and approve the acquisition, sale, or trade of each and every state-owned vehicle made by the materiel division of the Department of Administrative Services. The bureau may provide for repair and maintenance pursuant to subdivision (8) of this section;(4) To consult with the various state agencies using state vehicles and write specifications for state-owned vehicles to be purchased by the materiel division;(5) To provide for the purchase only of vehicles used primarily for the transportation of state employees from funds received from the sale of surplus passenger-carrying motor vehicles;(6) To present to the accounting division of the Department of Administrative Services cost and maintenance records of state-owned vehicles so that the various state agencies which use state-owned vehicles may be billed for such use. Income arising from these billings shall be deposited to the Transportation Services Bureau Revolving Fund, which fund is hereby created. All expenses of acquisition, operation, and maintenance of state-owned vehicles used primarily for transportation of state employees shall be paid from such fund. Money in the Transportation Services Bureau Revolving Fund may be transferred to the General Fund at the direction of the Legislature. The Department of Administrative Services shall develop a system of time and mileage charges for the purpose of billing the various state agencies for their vehicle usage. The daily, weekly, or monthly charge shall cover all fixed expenses of such vehicles, and the mileage charge shall cover the variable costs of operation;(7) To monitor the utilization of permanently assigned motor vehicles and enforce minimum utilization standards by withdrawing permanently assigned motor vehicles from agencies which are not meeting such standards;(8) To enter into service agreements for the repair and maintenance of bureau-controlled motor vehicles when it determines such action would be to the economic advantage of the state; and(9) To insure compliance with section 81-1021 for all bureau-owned vehicles. SourceLaws 1969, c. 770, § 3, p. 2919; Laws 1971, LB 28, § 6; Laws 1972, LB 1452, § 2; Laws 1976, LB 977, § 1; Laws 1981, LB 381, § 11; Laws 1983, LB 469, § 7; Laws 1993, LB 370, § 483.