Minnesota Session Laws - 1984, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1984 

                        CHAPTER 408-H.F.No. 1670
           An act relating to transportation; expanding scope of 
          state commuter van transportation program; amending 
          Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 16.756, subdivisions 
          1, 1a, and 2; and repealing Minnesota Statutes 1982, 
          section 16.756, subdivision 5. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 16.756, 
subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
    Subdivision 1.  In order to conserve energy and to 
alleviate traffic congestion in and about the location of state 
offices, the commissioner of administration shall, in 
cooperation with the commissioner of energy, planning and 
development, the commissioner of transportation and interested 
nonprofit agencies, establish and operate an employee 
transportation program utilizing commuter vans with a capacity 
of not less than seven nor more than 16 passengers.  The 
commissioner shall acquire or lease commuter vans, or otherwise 
contract for the provision of commuter vans, and shall make the 
vans available for the use of state employees and blind vending 
operators others in a manner consistent with standards and 
procedures adopted by the commissioner.  Standards and 
procedures adopted pursuant to this subdivision shall not be 
subject to chapter 14.  Commuter vans may be used by state 
employees and blind vending operators others to travel between 
their homes and their work locations, and.  However, only state 
employee drivers may use the van for personal purposes after 
working hours, not including partisan political activity.  The 
commissioner shall provide in his standards and procedures for 
the recovery by the state of vehicle acquisition, lease, 
operation and insurance costs through efficient and convenient 
assignment of vans, and for the billing of costs and collection 
of fees.  A state employee using a van for personal use shall 
pay, pursuant to the standards and procedures adopted by the 
commissioner, for operating and routine maintenance costs 
incurred as a result of the personal use.  The commissioner 
shall promote the maximum practicable participation of state 
employees and blind vending operators others in the use of the 
vans.  Fees collected pursuant to this subdivision shall be 
deposited in the accounts from which the costs of operating, 
maintaining and leasing or amortizing acquisition costs for the 
specific vehicle are paid. 
     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 16.756, 
subdivision 1a, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 1a.  State and other public employees and their 
spouses and other people who work in buildings owned or leased 
by the state shall also be eligible for the employee 
transportation program established through this section; 
provided, however, that the driver and substitute driver of 
every van pool are state employees; and provided, further, that 
state employees constitute a majority of the members of every 
van pool.  Available space in van pools must, whenever possible, 
be filled by state employees. 
     Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 16.756, 
subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 2.  Use of the vans shall be limited to areas not 
having adequate public transportation between the residences of 
state employees and blind vending operators others and their 
places of employment.  During the first year, the van program 
shall be implemented both in the seven-county metropolitan area 
and in one other region of the state. 
     Sec. 4.  [REPEALER.] 
    Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 16.756, subdivision 5, is 
repealed. 
    Approved April 19, 1984