HF 1946

1st Engrossment - 83rd Legislature (2003 - 2004) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to state government; requiring state 
  1.3             employees to reimburse the employer for personal use 
  1.4             of state vehicles; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, 
  1.5             section 16B.55, subdivision 3. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 16B.55, 
  1.8   subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
  1.9      Subd. 3.  [PERMITTED USES.] A state vehicle may be used by 
  1.10  a state employee to travel to or from the employee's residence:  
  1.11     (1) on a day on which it may be necessary for the employee 
  1.12  to respond to a work-related emergency during hours when the 
  1.13  employee is not normally working; 
  1.14     (2) if the employee has been assigned the use of a state 
  1.15  vehicle for authorized state business on an extended basis, and 
  1.16  the employee's primary place of work is not the state work 
  1.17  station to which the employee is permanently assigned; 
  1.18     (3) if the employee has been assigned the use of a state 
  1.19  vehicle for authorized state business away from the work station 
  1.20  to which the employee is permanently assigned, and the number of 
  1.21  miles traveled, or the time needed to conduct the business, will 
  1.22  be minimized if the employee uses a state vehicle to travel to 
  1.23  the employee's residence before or after traveling to the place 
  1.24  of state business; or 
  1.25     (4) if the employee is authorized to participate in a 
  2.1   ridesharing program established by the commissioner pursuant to 
  2.2   section 174.257.  
  2.3      Use of a state vehicle under this subdivision requires the 
  2.4   prior approval of the agency head or the designee of the agency 
  2.5   head.  A state employee must reimburse the employer for the use 
  2.6   of a state vehicle to the extent this use would be considered a 
  2.7   taxable fringe benefit for the employee under the Internal 
  2.8   Revenue Code and regulations implementing the code, but for the 
  2.9   employee reimbursing the employer.  The reimbursement must be at 
  2.10  the same rate per mile as the standard mileage rate for business 
  2.11  use of an automobile permitted under the Internal Revenue Code 
  2.12  and regulations in effect when the employee uses the state 
  2.13  vehicle.  A state employee must report use of a state vehicle 
  2.14  under this subdivision to the employer within 15 days of use of 
  2.15  the vehicle.  Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the 
  2.16  employer must deduct from the employee's pay the amount due to 
  2.17  the employer under this subdivision.