HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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23A.

(b) (1) The Secretary shall promulgate and enforce
rules and regulations to assure an economical and efficient
use of motor vehicles by agencies of the State government.

(2)  These rules and regulations shall apply to
all phases of the maintenance and use of state-owned motor
vehicles and the reimbursement of owners of privately owned
motor vehicles, and shall be directed: (i) to requiring
effective, efficient, and inexpensive use of all motor
vehicles; and (ii) to the compilation and maintenance of
accurate and detailed cost accounting records covering any
and all uses of all motor vehicles; and (iii) to requiring
that pursuant to paragraph (b)(1) of this section the method
used to determine distribution of state-owned motor vehicles
to State employees shall be to assign the allocated motor
vehicles to those employees accumulating the highest mileage
for official use EXCEPT IN INSTANCES WHERE THE SECRETARY OF
BUDGET AND FISCAL PLANNING DETERMINES THAT BASED UPON
PUBLISHED CRITERIA THE USE OF A STATE VEHICLE IS REQUIRED
FOR THE EFFICIENT OPERATION OF A STATE PROGRAM, REGARDLESS
OF THE MILEAGE TRAVELED.

(3) IF FEDERALLY FUNDED PROGRAMS ARE

SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCED OR DISCONTINUED, THE SECRETARY MAY
REASSIGN STATE VEHICLES ON AN INTERDEPARTMENTAL BASIS IN A
MANNER CONSISTENT WITH THIS SUBSECTION.

(3) CONSISTENT WITH THIS SUBSECTION, THE
SECRETARY MAY REASSIGN STATE VEHICLES ON AN
INTERDEPARTMENTAL BASIS IF FEDERALLY FUNDED PROGRAMS ARE
SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCED OR DISCONTINUED.

(3) (4) The Secretary shall report in detail
annually to the General Assembly the text of such rules and
regulations currently in effect and the problems involved in
assuring compliance with the directions and aims of this
section.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1982.

June 1, 1982
The Honorable James Clark, Jr.
President of the Senate
State House
Annapolis, Maryland 21404

Dear Mr. President:

In accordance with Article II, Section 17 of the
Maryland Constitution, I have today vetoed Senate Bill 1069.