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<section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="3-503" title_number="3" title_name="Budget and Management" subtitle_number="5">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>To ensure economical and efficient use of motor vehicles by units of the Executive Branch of the State government, the Secretary shall adopt and enforce regulations to carry out the provisions of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The regulations adopted under this section shall apply to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>all phases of the use and maintenance of State-owned motor vehicles; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the reimbursement of owners of privately owned motor vehicles.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The regulations shall be directed to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>requiring the effective, efficient, and inexpensive use of all motor vehicles; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>compiling and maintaining accurate and detailed cost accounting records for all use of motor vehicles.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The regulations shall provide that, unless the Secretary determines on the basis of published criteria that the use of a State-owned motor vehicle is required for the efficient operation of a State program regardless of miles traveled, State-owned motor vehicles shall be allocated to those State employees accumulating the greatest mileage for official use.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Consistent with this section, the Secretary may reassign State-owned motor vehicles between or among units of the Executive Branch of the State government if federally funded programs are substantially reduced or discontinued.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Subject to § 2-1257 of the State Government Article, the Secretary shall submit to the General Assembly an annual report that includes, in detail:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the text of any regulations that have been adopted under this section and are currently in effect; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a statement of any problems involved in ensuring compliance with this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
