HB288 Alabama 2015 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Randy WoodRepresentative

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2015

Title

Transportation Department Fleet Management Program, vehicles purchased with state funds required to be purchased from dealerships located in state, Sec. 23-1-50.1 am'd.

Summary

HB288 would require state transportation vehicles bought or leased through the DOT fleet program to come from Alabama dealerships and creates a funding and management system to upgrade or repair road equipment without increasing fleet size.

What This Bill Does

It requires vehicles acquired for the DOT fleet program to be purchased or leased from Alabama dealerships, and extends this requirement to vehicles used by other state agencies and colleges. It creates the Equipment Management Surplus Reserve Account to accumulate depreciation, replacement allowances, and salvage value to fund upgrading, replacing, or extraordinary repairs of road machinery and equipment, while aiming to maintain current road maintenance levels. It also establishes a state fleet management program and transfers related pool operations and staffing from the Department of Finance to the Department of Transportation.

Who It Affects

• State government fleets (including the Department of Transportation divisions and state colleges/universities) would be required to purchase vehicles from Alabama dealerships and follow the new fleet management rules.
• Alabama-based vehicle dealerships located in Alabama would be affected as suppliers required to sell state fleet vehicles and support the state's procurement process.

Key Provisions

• Amends Section 23-1-50.1 to require that state vehicles acquired for the DOT fleet program be purchased or leased from an Alabama dealership.
• Creates the Equipment Management Surplus Reserve Account within the Public Road and Bridge Fund to accumulate depreciation, equipment replacement allowances, and salvage value to fund upgrading, replacing, or extraordinary repairs to road machinery and equipment.
• Defines terms and sets up a fleet management program that determines equipment life, depreciation rates, and how funds are allocated; funds are intended to maintain current road maintenance levels and not increase fleet size.
• Specifies that end-of-life equipment may be sold (public auction or negotiated sale) and proceeds go into the EMSR subaccount for the unit that used the asset.
• Transfers the transportation pool operations, personnel, facilities, property, and funds from the Department of Finance to the Alabama Department of Transportation, effective October 1, 2014.
• Provides that the act becomes effective on the first day of the third month after passage and governor's approval.

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Subjects

Transportation Department