S 0866 General Bill, By Patterson, Courson, Giese, Jackson and Reese
 A Bill to amend Act 164 of 1993, relating to personal assignment of state
 vehicles, so as to provide an exception on personal use of automobiles for the
 Governor and statewide elective state officials.

   10/11/93  Senate Prefiled
   10/11/93  Senate Referred to Committee on Finance
   01/11/94  Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-24
   01/11/94  Senate Referred to Committee on Finance SJ-24

A BILL

TO AMEND ACT 164 OF 1993, RELATING TO PERSONAL ASSIGNMENT OF STATE VEHICLES, SO AS TO PROVIDE AN EXCEPTION ON PERSONAL USE OF AUTOMOBILES FOR THE GOVERNOR AND STATEWIDE ELECTIVE STATE OFFICIALS.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION 1. Paragraph 17H.4 of Act 164 of 1993 is amended to read:

"17H.4. (Personal Assignment of State Owned Vehicles) No state employee except for the Governor, statewide elective state officials, and agency heads may be provided a stateowned state vehicle based solely on their office. Line-duty law enforcement officer, as defined by the Internal Revenue Code, shall must be permanently assigned a state-owned vehicle. No employee shall must be permanently assigned a vehicle, regardless of the source of funds by which the vehicle was purchased, unless the Division of Motor Vehicles has determined that permanent assignment cost is advantageous for the State. Employees, except for the Governor and statewide elective state officials, operating a permanently assigned vehicle must reimburse the State for commuting between home and work unless an employee travels directly from home to a work site, bypassing headquarters. Employees, except for the Governor and statewide elective state officials, operating permanently assigned vehicles are not authorized to operate the vehicle for personal use."

SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.