Kansas Statutes

Chapter 75: State Departments; Public Officers And Employees

Article 46a: Transportation Of State Employees

Statutes:

• 75-46a01: Employees using metropolitan transit; contract for state payment of fares; rules and regulations.
• 75-46a02: Vanpool program; purpose.
• 75-46a03: Same; purchase of motor vehicles; use of federal funds.
• 75-46a04: Same; drivers and alternate drivers; vehicle registration and insurance requirements.
• 75-46a05: Same; no personal use of vehicle; vehicle log of mileage, monthly review.
• 75-46a06: Same; passenger fees; maintenance; fuel purchases; fees credited to motor pool service fund.
• 75-46a07: Same; routes; pick-up of passengers; participation by non-state employees.
• 75-46a08: Same; rules and regulations.
• 75-46a09: Same; proposals to terminate vanpool program.
• 75-46a10: Vanpool program review committee; composition; chairperson; duties.

• 75-46a01: Employees using metropolitan transit; contract for state payment of fares; rules and regulations. In any city in which there is located an office of any state agency, department, board or commission and in which there is located a metropolitan transit authority established pursuant to K.S.A. 12-2801 et seq., the secretary of administration is hereby authorized and empowered to negotiate and enter into a contract with such transit authority to pay all or part of the fares charged for state employees riding to and from their place of employment on vehicles of such transit authority. No such payments shall be made for travel beyond the corporate limits of the city in which such transit authority is located. Each such contract and all such payments shall be subject to available appropriations. The secretary shall designate the state employees to whom the contract applies. In the manner provided in K.S.A. 75-3706, the secretary of administration may adopt rules and regulations for the implementation and administration of this act.

        History:   L. 1980, ch. 262, § 1; July 1.

• 75-46a02: Vanpool program; purpose. The purpose of K.S.A. 75-46a02 to 75-46a09, inclusive, and amendments thereto, is to promote conservation of petroleum resources, reduce traffic and parking congestion, and diminish air pollution by facilitating the creation of self-supporting commuter vanpools in which state employees living and working in similar locations may ride to and from their places of employment.

        History:   L. 1980, ch. 262, § 2; L. 2004, ch. 104, § 2; July 1.

• 75-46a03: Same; purchase of motor vehicles; use of federal funds. Subject to the availability of sufficient revenues from passenger fees under K.S.A. 75-46a06, and amendments thereto, the secretary of administration shall purchase such motor vehicles necessary to accomplish the purposes set forth in K.S.A. 75-46a02 to 75-46a09, inclusive, and amendments thereto. The secretary is authorized to obtain and disburse any federal funds made available to accomplish such purposes.

        History:   L. 1980, ch. 262, § 3; L. 2004, ch. 104, § 3; July 1.

• 75-46a04: Same; drivers and alternate drivers; vehicle registration and insurance requirements. (a) The secretary of administration shall select and assign a driver and an alternate driver for each motor vehicle designated for use in accomplishing the purposes of K.S.A. 75-46a02 to 75-46a09, inclusive, and amendments thereto. Each driver shall be an employee of the state and shall possess a valid driver's license issued by the state.

        (b)   Every motor vehicle designated for use in the state vanpool program shall be owned and registered in the name of the state. In accordance with K.S.A. 75-4101 et seq., and amendments thereto, the state shall purchase for each vehicle in the state vanpool program such liability, property damage and other insurance as deemed necessary by the committee on surety bonds and insurance, except that a minimum of $1,000,000 of liability coverage shall be purchased for each vehicle in the state vanpool program.

        History:   L. 1980, ch. 262, § 4; L. 2004, ch. 104, § 4; July 1.

• 75-46a05: Same; no personal use of vehicle; vehicle log of mileage, monthly review. The driver of every motor vehicle designated for use in the state vanpool program shall not be authorized to use the same for personal nonbusiness purposes. Each driver shall keep a log of all miles driven in the vehicle. The log shall be reviewed every month by the department of administration.

        History:   L. 1980, ch. 262, § 5; L. 1980, ch. 283, § 1; L. 2001, ch. 5, § 392; L. 2004, ch. 104, § 5; July 1.

• 75-46a06: Same; passenger fees; maintenance; fuel purchases; fees credited to motor pool service fund. (a) The driver of each motor vehicle designated for use in the state vanpool program shall charge each passenger a passenger fee in an amount to be determined for each vanpool by the secretary of administration. The secretary of administration shall set the passenger fee for each vanpool at an amount that enables each vanpool to be self-supporting, including, but not limited to, all operating, servicing, repair, insurance, vehicle replacement and administrative costs. Within six days of the first of each month, such funds shall be remitted by the driver to the department of administration.

        (b)   The provision of maintenance and repair services shall be the responsibility of the state motor pool. All drivers shall be responsible for arranging for necessary maintenance services with the motor pool. All drivers shall be provided with state credit cards for the purchase of fuel.

        (c)   The secretary of administration shall remit all moneys received under this section to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the motor pool service fund.

        History:   L. 1980, ch. 262, § 6; L. 2004, ch. 104, § 6; July 1.

• 75-46a07: Same; routes; pick-up of passengers; participation by non-state employees. Each driver shall develop a route to and from work. The driver shall be responsible for picking up and returning each passenger to a designated location to be determined by the driver. The driver, with assistance from the department of administration, shall be responsible for recruiting passengers for said vehicle. While the program is primarily intended to serve employees of the state of Kansas, non-state employees may also participate to the extent determined to be in the best interest of the state by the secretary of administration. All passengers must sign written agreements to participate in this program. At least one alternate driver shall be selected to drive said vehicle in the absence of the primary driver.

        History:   L. 1980, ch. 262, § 7; July 1.

• 75-46a08: Same; rules and regulations. The department of administration, in cooperation with the state corporation commission, shall develop and adopt such rules and regulations deemed necessary for the proper and efficient implementation of the provisions of K.S.A. 75-46a02 to 75-46a08, inclusive, and amendments to such sections.

        History:   L. 1980, ch. 262, § 8; L. 1983, ch. 258, § 11; July 1.

• 75-46a09: Same; proposals to terminate vanpool program. The secretary of administration may bring to the legislature a proposal to terminate the vanpool program if the secretary of administration determines that it is no longer feasible to operate the program in a manner consistent with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-46a02 through 75-46a08, and amendments thereto.

        History:   L. 1980, ch. 262, § 9; L. 2004, ch. 104, § 7; July 1.

• 75-46a10: Vanpool program review committee; composition; chairperson; duties. To assist the secretary of administration in making policy decisions relating to the vanpool program, a vanpool program review committee composed of the secretary of administration, the director of the Kansas energy office, the secretary of the Kansas department of transportation, or their designees, and a vanpool rider, shall be convened at the discretion of the chairperson. The chairperson of the committee shall be the secretary of administration or the secretary's designee. The committee shall review instances of mishap or misconduct relating to the vanpool program operations and, if necessary, recommended remedial action.

        History:   L. 2004, ch. 104, § 1; July 1.