1999 Minnesota Statutes

     16B.55 Use of state vehicles; compensation for use of 
  personal vehicles. 

    Subdivision 1.    Definition.  For purposes of this 
 section, "state vehicle" means a vehicle owned or leased by the 
 state or loaned to the state.  

    Subd. 2.    Prohibited uses.  A state vehicle may be 
 used only for authorized state business.  A state vehicle may 
 not be used for transportation to or from the residence of a 
 state employee, except as provided in subdivision 3.  

    Subd. 3.    Permitted uses.  A state vehicle may be used 
 by a state employee to travel to or from the employee's 
 residence:  

    (1) on a day on which it may be necessary for the employee 
 to respond to a work-related emergency during hours when the 
 employee is not normally working; 

    (2) if the employee has been assigned the use of a state 
 vehicle for authorized state business on an extended basis, and 
 the employee's primary place of work is not the state work 
 station to which the employee is permanently assigned; 

    (3) if the employee has been assigned the use of a state 
 vehicle for authorized state business away from the work station 
 to which the employee is permanently assigned, and the number of 
 miles traveled, or the time needed to conduct the business, will 
 be minimized if the employee uses a state vehicle to travel to 
 the employee's residence before or after traveling to the place 
 of state business; or 

    (4) if the employee is authorized to participate in a 
 ridesharing program established by the commissioner pursuant to 
 section 174.257.  

    Use of a state vehicle under this subdivision requires the 
 prior approval of the agency head or the designee of the agency 
 head. 

    Subd. 4.    Personal vehicles.  No state employee shall 
 be compensated by the state for use of a personal vehicle for 
 travel between the employee's residence and the state work 
 station to which the employee is permanently assigned, except 
 pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement negotiated under 
 chapter 179 or a compensation plan adopted by the commissioner 
 of employee relations under section 43A.05.  A collective 
 bargaining agreement or compensation plan may only provide for 
 this compensation in cases in which an employee is called back 
 to work during hours when the employee is not normally working.  

    Subd. 5.    Exclusions.  Subdivisions 2 to 4 do not 
 apply to the van pooling program established in section 16B.56, 
 to a ridesharing program established by the department of 
 transportation, to a trooper employed by the state patrol, or to 
 use of a state vehicle by the governor or lieutenant governor.  

    Subd. 6.    Vehicle operating procedures.  The 
 commissioner shall set operating procedures for use of state 
 vehicles.  These operating procedures are not subject to the 
 Administrative Procedure Act.  

    HIST: 1984 c 544 s 60; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 613 s 14,15