The Florida Senate

287.16  Powers and duties of ¹division.--The ¹Division of Motor Pool shall have the following powers, duties, and responsibilities:

(1)  To obtain the most effective and efficient use of motor vehicles, watercraft, and aircraft for state purposes.

(2)  To establish and operate central facilities for the acquisition, disposal, operation, maintenance, repair, storage, supervision, control, and regulation of all state-owned or state-leased aircraft and motor vehicles and to operate any state facilities for those purposes. Acquisition may be by purchase, lease, loan, or in any other legal manner.

(3)  In its discretion, to require every state agency to transfer its ownership, custody, and control of every aircraft and motor vehicle, and associated maintenance facilities and equipment, except those used principally for law enforcement or fire control purposes, to the Department of Management Services, including all right, title, interest, and equity therein.

(4)  Upon requisition and showing of need, to assign suitable aircraft or motor vehicles, on a temporary (for a period up to and including 1 month) or permanent (for a period from 1 month up to and including 1 full year) basis, to any state agency.

(5)  To allocate and charge fees to the state agencies to which aircraft or motor vehicles are furnished, based upon any reasonable criteria.

(6)  To adopt and enforce rules and regulations for the efficient and safe use, operation, maintenance, repair, and replacement of all state-owned or state-leased aircraft and motor vehicles and to require the placement of appropriate stickers, decals, or other markings upon the aircraft and motor vehicles of the state. The ¹division may delegate to the respective heads of the agencies to which aircraft and motor vehicles are assigned the duty of enforcing the rules and regulations adopted by the ¹division.

(7)  To contract for specialized maintenance services.

(8)  To require any state agency to keep records and make reports regarding aircraft and motor vehicles to the ¹division as may be required. The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles may use the reporting system in effect on October 1, 1983, until July 1, 1984. Beginning July 1, 1984, the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles shall use a reporting system approved by the ¹division. The ¹division shall assist the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles in developing or implementing a reporting system prior to July 1, 1984, which shall specifically address the needs and requirements of the ¹division and the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles.

(9)  To establish and operate central facilities to determine the mode of transportation to be used by state employees traveling on official state business and to schedule and coordinate use of state-owned or state-leased aircraft and passenger-carrying vehicles to assure maximum utilization of state aircraft, motor vehicles, and employee time by assuring that employees travel by the most practical and economical mode of travel. The ¹division shall consider the number of employees making the trip to the same location, the most efficient and economical means of travel considering the time of the employee, transportation cost and subsistence required, the urgency of the trip, and the nature and purpose of the trip.

(10)  To provide the Legislature annual reports at the end of each calendar year concerning the utilization of all aircraft in the executive pool and special purpose aircraft.

History.--s. 22, ch. 69-106; s. 1, ch. 70-328; ss. 1, 2, ch. 72-207; s. 3, ch. 77-112; s. 1, ch. 77-396; s. 3, ch. 83-304; s. 1, ch. 84-263; s. 263, ch. 92-279; s. 55, ch. 92-326.

¹Note.--Deleted in the reorganization of the Department of Management Services by s. 3, ch. 97-296. Section 4, ch. 97-296, requires the Division of Statutory Revision to prepare a reviser's bill for submission to the 1998 Regular Session of the Legislature substituting references to the Department of Management Services in the Florida Statutes for references to divisions, bureaus, or other units of that department.