276.598 Carpools or vanpools; rules
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276.598 Carpools or vanpools; rules.
(1)Notwithstanding the provisions of ORS 283.395, the Oregon Department of Administrative Services may establish carpool or vanpool programs in which state-owned vehicles are used by state employees as commute vehicles, provided that a daily, weekly or monthly fee is charged that is adequate to reimburse the state for the cost of providing such vehicles for such purposes.
(2)The department shall prescribe rules that:
(a)Define the use of state-owned motor vehicles that constitutes use in the conduct of state business and distinguish such use from misappropriation for private use;
(b)Identify procedures for determining and collecting the appropriate charges from employees for the use of commute vehicles; and
(c)Identify procedures to be used in the operation of state-owned vehicles as commute vehicles in the state carpool or vanpool programs authorized in subsection
(1)of this section.
(3)The department may authorize other state agencies to use state-owned vehicles under the control of such agencies for the purposes set forth in subsection
(1)of this section. [1977 c.598 §25b; 1981 c.490 §5; 2023 c.9 §16]