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SC Code § 1-11-180 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 1 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 11 - Department Of Administration|Section 1-11-180. Additional powers of the Department of Administration; condition of state property; blanket bonds; energy utilization management system; regulations.

 (A) In addition to the powers granted the Department of Administration under this chapter or any other provision of law, the department may:  (1) survey, appraise, examine, and inspect the condition of state property to determine what is necessary to protect state property against fire or deterioration and to conserve the use of the property for state purposes;  (2) approve blanket bonds for a state department, agency, or institution including bonds for state officials or personnel. However, the form and execution of blanket bonds must be approved by the Attorney General; and  (3) contract to develop an energy utilization management system for state facilities under its control and to assist other agencies and departments in establishing similar programs. However, this does not authorize capital expenditures.  (B) The Department of Administration shall promulgate regulations necessary to carry out this section.  HISTORY: 1995 Act No. 145, Part II, Section 42; 2014 Act No. 121 (S.22), Pt V, Section 7.C, eff July 1, 2015.  Effect of Amendment  2014 Act No. 121, Section 7.C, in subsection (A), substituted "Department of Administration" for "Budget and Control Board" and substituted "department may" for "board may"; deleted former subsections (A)(2) and (A)(3) relating to destruction of agency records and submission of plans and specifications, and redesignated accordingly; and in subsection (B), substituted "Department of Administration shall" for "Budget and Control Board may".
SC Code § 1-11-185 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 1 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 11 - Department Of Administration|Section 1-11-185. Additional powers of the Department of Administration; permanent improvement projects; regulations; goods and services to promote efficient and economical operations.

 (A) In addition to the powers granted the Department of Administration pursuant to this chapter or another provision of law, the department may require submission and approval of plans and specifications for a permanent improvement project of a cost of one million dollars or less by a state department, agency, or institution of the executive branch before a contract is awarded for the permanent improvement project. If the cost of the permanent improvement project is more than one million dollars, approval of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority is required, in lieu of the department's approval, before the contract may be awarded and the authority may require submission of the plans and specifications for this purpose. The provisions of this subsection are in addition to any other requirements of law relating to permanent improvement projects, including the provisions of Chapter 47, Title 2.  (B) The Department of Administration may promulgate regulations necessary to carry out its duties.  (C) The respective divisions of the Department of Administration are authorized to provide to and receive from other governmental entities, including other divisions and state and local agencies and departments, goods and services as will in its opinion promote efficient and economical operations. The divisions may charge and pay the entities for the goods and services, the revenue from which must be deposited in the state treasury in a special account and expended only for the costs of providing the goods and services, and those funds may be retained and expended for the same purposes.  HISTORY: 2014 Act No. 121 (S.22), Pt V, Section 7.D, eff July 1, 2015.
SC Code § 1-11-190 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 1 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 11 - Department Of Administration|Section 1-11-190. Responsibilities of Department of Administration.

 The Department of Administration is responsible for:  (a) assessing the need for and use of information technology;  (b) evaluating the use and management of information technology;  (c) operating a comprehensive inventory and accounting reporting system for information technology;  (d) developing policies and standards for the management of information technology in state government;  (e) initiating a state plan for the management and use of information technology;  (f) providing management and technical assistance to state agencies in using information technology; and  (g) establishing a referral service for state agencies seeking technical assistance or information technology services.  HISTORY: 2019 Act No. 41 (S.530), Section 75, eff May 13, 2019.  Editor's Note  2019 Act No. 41, Section 80, provides as follows:  "SECTION 80. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and applies to solicitations issued after that date."
SC Code § 1-11-220 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 1 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 11 - Department Of Administration|Section 1-11-220. Division of General Services, Program of Fleet Management; Fleet Management Program.

 There is hereby established within the Department of Administration, Division of General Services, Program of Fleet Management headed by the "State Fleet Manager", appointed by and reporting directly to the department. The department shall develop a comprehensive state Fleet Management Program. The program shall address acquisition, assignment, identification, replacement, disposal, maintenance, and operation of motor vehicles.  The department shall, through its policies and regulations, seek to:  (a) achieve maximum cost-effectiveness management of state-owned motor vehicles in support of the established missions and objectives of the agencies, boards, and commissions;  (b) eliminate unofficial and unauthorized use of state vehicles;  (c) minimize individual assignment of state vehicles;  (d) eliminate the reimbursable use of personal vehicles for accomplishment of official travel when this use is more costly than use of state vehicles;  (e) acquire motor vehicles offering optimum energy efficiency for the tasks to be performed;  (f) insure motor vehicles are operated in a safe manner in accordance with a statewide Fleet Safety Program; and  (g) improve environmental quality in this State by decreasing the discharge of pollutants.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 644 Part II Section 24(A); 1982 Act No. 429, Section 1; 2008 Act No. 203, Section 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature on April 17, 2008); 2014 Act No. 121 (S.22), Pt V, Section 7.E.1, eff July 1, 2015.  Effect of Amendment  The 2008 amendment added item (g) relating to improving the environmental quality by decreasing discharge of pollutants.  2014 Act No. 121, Section 7.E.1, in the first undesignated paragraph, substituted "Department of Administration, Division of General Services, Program of Fleet Management headed by" for "Budget and Control Board the Division of Motor Vehicle Management headed by a Director, hereafter referred to as", substituted "department" for "Budget and Control Board, hereafter referred to as the Board", and substituted "The department shall" for "The Board shall"; in the second undesignated paragraph, substituted "department" for "Budget and Control Board"; and made other nonsubstantive changes.
SC Code § 1-11-225 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 1 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 11 - Department Of Administration|Section 1-11-225. Cost allocation plan to recover cost of operating Fleet Management Program.

 The Department of Administration shall establish a cost allocation plan to recover the cost of operating the comprehensive statewide Fleet Management Program. The division shall collect, retain, and carry forward funds to ensure continuous administration of the program.  HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 356, Section 1, Pt IX.A; 2014 Act No. 121 (S.22), Pt V, Section 7.E.2, eff July 1, 2015.  Effect of Amendment  2014 Act No. 121, Section 7.E.2, substituted "Department of Administration" for "Division of Operations".
SC Code § 1-11-250 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 1 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 11 - Department Of Administration|Section 1-11-250. Division of General Services, Program of Fleet Management; definitions.

 For purposes of Sections 1-11-220 to 1-11-330:  (a) "State agency" means all officers, departments, boards, commissions, institutions, universities, colleges, and all persons and administrative units of state government that operate motor vehicles purchased, leased, or otherwise held with the use of state funds, pursuant to an appropriation, grant or encumbrance of state funds, or operated pursuant to authority granted by the State.  (b) "Department" means the South Carolina Department of Administration.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 644, Part II, Section 24(D); 2002 Act No. 311, Section 2; 2014 Act No. 121 (S.22), Pt V, Section 7.E.3, eff July 1, 2015.  Effect of Amendment  2014 Act No. 121, Section 7.E.3, rewrote subsection (b), substituting "Department" for "Board, and substituted "Department of Administration" for "State Budget and Control Board".
SC Code § 1-11-260 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 1 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 11 - Department Of Administration|Section 1-11-260. Division of General Services, Program of Fleet Management; annual reports; policies, procedures and regulations.

 (A) The Fleet Manager shall report annually to the General Assembly concerning the performance of each state agency in achieving the objectives enumerated in Sections 1-11-220 through 1-11-330 and include in the report a summary of the program's efforts in aiding and assisting the various state agencies in developing and maintaining their management practices in accordance with the comprehensive statewide Fleet Management Program. This report also shall contain recommended changes in the law and regulations necessary to achieve these objectives.  (B) The department, after consultation with state agency heads, shall promulgate and enforce state policies, procedures, and regulations to achieve the goals of Sections 1-11-220 through 1-11-330 and shall recommend administrative penalties to be used by the agencies for violation of prescribed procedures and regulations relating to the Fleet Management Program.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 644 Part II Section 24(E); 1982 Act No. 429, Section 3; 2002 Act No. 311, Section 3; 2014 Act No. 121 (S.22), Pt V, Section 7.E.3, eff July 1, 2015.  Effect of Amendment  2014 Act No. 121, Section 7.E.3, in subsection (A), deleted "Budget and Control Board and the" after "report annually to the", substituted "summary of the program's efforts" for "summary of the division's efforts", and substituted "statewide Fleet Management Program" for "statewide Motor Vehicle Management Program"; and in subsection (B), substituted "department" for "board".
SC Code § 1-11-270 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 1 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 11 - Department Of Administration|Section 1-11-270. Division of General Services, Program of Fleet Management; establishment of criteria for individual assignment of motor vehicles.

 (A) The department shall establish criteria for individual assignment of motor vehicles based on the functional requirements of the job, which shall reduce the assignment to situations clearly beneficial to the State. Only the Governor, statewide elected officials, and agency heads are provided a state-owned vehicle based on their position.  (B) Law enforcement officers, as defined by the agency head, may be permanently assigned state-owned vehicles by their respective agency head. Agency heads may assign a state-owned vehicle to an employee when the vehicle carries or is equipped with special equipment needed to perform duties directly related to the employee's job, and the employee is either in an emergency response capacity after normal working hours or for logistical reasons it is determined to be in the agency's interest for the vehicle to remain with the employee. No other employee may be permanently assigned to a state-owned vehicle, unless the assignment is cost advantageous to the State under guidelines developed by the State Fleet Manager. Statewide elected officials, law enforcement officers, and those employees who have been assigned vehicles because they are in an emergency response capacity after normal working hours are exempt from reimbursing the State for commuting miles. Other employees operating a permanently assigned vehicle must reimburse the State for commuting between home and work.  (C) All persons, except the Governor and statewide elected officials, permanently assigned with automobiles shall log all trips on a log form approved by the board, specifying beginning and ending mileage and job function performed. However, trip logs must not be maintained for vehicles whose gross vehicle weight is greater than ten thousand pounds nor for vehicles assigned to full-time line law enforcement officers. Agency directors and commissioners permanently assigned state vehicles may utilize exceptions on a report denoting only official and commuting mileage in lieu of the aforementioned trip logs.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 644, Part II, Section 24(F); 1982 Act No. 429, Section 4; 1995 Act No. 145, Part II, Section 18; 2014 Act No. 121 (S.22), Pt V, Section 7.E.3, eff July 1, 2015.  Effect of Amendment  2014 Act No. 121, Section 7.E.3, in subsection (A), substituted "department" for "board".
SC Code § 1-11-280 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 1 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 11 - Department Of Administration|Section 1-11-280. Division of General Services, Program of Fleet Management; interagency motor pools.

 The department shall develop a system of agency-managed and interagency motor pools which are, to the maximum extent possible, cost beneficial to the State. All motor pools shall operate according to regulations promulgated by the department. Vehicles shall be placed in motor pools rather than being individually assigned except as specifically authorized by the department in accordance with criteria established by the department. Agencies utilizing motor pool vehicles shall utilize trip log forms approved by the department for each trip, specifying beginning and ending mileage and the job function performed.  The provisions of this section shall not apply to school buses and service vehicles.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 644, Part II, Section 24(G); 1982 Act No. 429, Section 5; 2014 Act No. 121 (S.22), Pt V, Section 7.E.3, eff July 1, 2015.  Effect of Amendment  2014 Act No. 121, Section 7.E.3, in the first undesignated paragraph, substituted "department" for board throughout, and deleted the former second to last sentence, relating to the transfer of the motor pool operated by the Division of General Services.
SC Code § 1-11-290 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 1 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 11 - Department Of Administration|Section 1-11-290. Division of General Services, Program of Fleet Management; plan for maximally cost-effective vehicle maintenance.

 The department in consultation with the agencies operating maintenance facilities shall study the cost-effectiveness of such facilities versus commercial alternatives and shall develop a plan for maximally cost-effective vehicle maintenance. The department shall promulgate rules and regulations governing vehicle maintenance to effectuate the plan.  The State Vehicle Maintenance program shall include:  (a) central purchasing of supplies and parts;  (b) an effective inventory control system;  (c) a uniform work order and record-keeping system assigning actual maintenance cost to each vehicle; and  (d) preventive maintenance programs for all types of vehicles.  All motor fuels shall be purchased from state facilities except in cases where such purchase is impossible or not cost beneficial to the State.  All fuels, lubricants, parts, and maintenance costs including those purchased from commercial vendors shall be charged to a state credit card bearing the license plate number of the vehicle serviced and the bill shall include the mileage on the odometer of the vehicle at the time of service.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 644, Part II, Section 24(H); 2014 Act No. 121 (S.22), Pt V, Section 7.E.3, eff July 1, 2015.  Effect of Amendment  2014 Act No. 121, Section 7.E.3, in the first undesignated paragraph, substituted "department" for "board" throughout, and added a comma after "parts" in the last undesignated paragraph.
SC Code § 1-11-300 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 1 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 11 - Department Of Administration|Section 1-11-300. Agencies to develop and implement uniform cost accounting and reporting system; purchase of motor vehicle equipment and supplies; use of credit cards; determination of vehicle cost per mile.

 In accordance with criteria established by the department, each agency shall develop and implement a uniform cost accounting and reporting system to ascertain the cost per mile of each motor vehicle used by the State under their control. Agencies presently operating under existing systems may continue to do so provided that departmental approval is required and that the existing systems are uniform with the criteria established by the department. All expenditures on a vehicle for gasoline and oil shall be purchased in one of the following ways:  (1) from state-owned facilities and paid for by the use of Universal State Credit Cards except where agencies purchase these products in bulk;  (2) from any fuel outlet where gasoline and oil are sold regardless of whether the outlet accepts a credit or charge card when the purchase is necessary or in the best interest of the State; and  (3) from a fuel outlet where gasoline and oil are sold when that outlet agrees to accept the Universal State Credit Card.  These provisions regarding purchase of gasoline and oil and usability of the state credit card also apply to alternative transportation fuels where available. The department shall adjust the budgetary appropriation for "Operating Expenses-Lease Fleet" to reflect the dollar savings realized by these provisions and transfer such amount to other areas of the State Fleet Management Program. The department shall promulgate regulations regarding the purchase of motor vehicle equipment and supplies to ensure that agencies within a reasonable distance are not duplicating maintenance services or purchasing equipment that is not in the best interest of the State. The department shall develop a uniform method to be used by the agencies to determine the cost per mile for each vehicle operated by the State.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 644, Part II Section 24(I); 1982 Act No. 429, Section 6; 1998 Act No. 419, Part II, Section 30; 2014 Act No. 121 (S.22), Pt V, Section 7.E.3, eff July 1, 2015.  Effect of Amendment  2014 Act No. 121, Section 7.E.3, substituted "department" for "board" throughout; in the last paragraph, substituted "adjust the budgetary appropriation" for "adjust the appropriation in Part IA, Section 63B"; and made other nonsubstantive changes.
SC Code § 1-11-315 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 1 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 11 - Department Of Administration|Section 1-11-315. Feasibility of using alternative transportation fuels for state fleet.

 The Department of Administration, Division of General Services, Program of Fleet Management, shall determine the extent to which the state vehicle fleet can be configured to operate on alternative transportation fuels. This determination must be based on a thorough evaluation of each alternative fuel and the feasibility of using such fuels to power state vehicles. The state fleet must be configured in a manner that will serve as a model for other corporate and government fleets in the use of alternative transportation fuel. By March 1, 1993, the Program of Fleet Management must submit a plan to the General Assembly for the use of alternative transportation fuels for the state vehicle fleet that will enable the state vehicle fleet to serve as a model for corporate and other government fleets in the use of alternative transportation fuel. This plan must contain a cost/benefit analysis of the proposed changes.  HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 449, Pt. V, Section 17; 2014 Act No. 121 (S.22), Pt V, Section 7.E.3, eff July 1, 2015.  Effect of Amendment  2014 Act No. 121, Section 7.E.3, substituted "Department of Administration, Division of General Services, Program of Fleet Management," for "State Budget and Control Board Division of Motor Vehicle Management" and substituted "Program of Fleet Management" for "Division of Motor Vehicle Management".
SC Code § 1-11-320 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 1 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 11 - Department Of Administration|Section 1-11-320. Division of General Services, Program of Fleet Management; plates and other identification requirements; exemptions.

 The department shall ensure that all state-owned motor vehicles are identified as such through the use of permanent state government license plates and either state or agency seal decals. No vehicles shall be exempt from the requirements for identification except those exempted by the department.  This section shall not apply to vehicles supplied to law enforcement officers when, in the opinion of the department after consulting with the Chief of the State Law Enforcement Division, those officers are actually involved in undercover law enforcement work to the extent that the actual investigation of criminal cases or the investigators' physical well-being would be jeopardized if they were identified. The department is authorized to exempt vehicles carrying human service agency clients in those instances in which the privacy of the client would clearly and necessarily be impaired.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 644, Part II, Section 24(K); 1982 Act No. 429, Section 7; 2014 Act No. 121 (S.22), Pt V, Section 7.E.3, eff July 1, 2015.  Effect of Amendment  2014 Act No. 121, Section 7.E.3, substituted "department" for "board" throughout, and in the first paragraph, deleted the hyphen between "state" and "government".
SC Code § 1-11-330 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 1 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 11 - Department Of Administration|Section 1-11-330. Division of Motor Vehicle Management; State Department of Education vehicles exempted.

 The provisions of Sections 1-11-220 to 1-11-330 shall not apply to school buses and service vehicles operated by the State Department of Education.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 644, Part II, Section 24(N).
SC Code § 1-11-335 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 1 - Administration of the Government|Chapter 11 - Department Of Administration|Section 1-11-335. Department of Administration may provide to and receive from other governmental entities goods and services.

 The respective divisions of the Department of Administration are authorized to provide to and receive from other governmental entities, including other divisions and state and local agencies and departments, goods and services, as will in its opinion promote efficient and economical operations. The divisions may charge and pay the entities for the goods and services, the revenue from which shall be deposited in the state treasury in a special account and expended only for the costs of providing the goods and services, and such funds may be retained and expended for the same purposes.  HISTORY: 1995 Act No. 145, Part II, Section 6; 2014 Act No. 121 (S.22), Pt V, Section 7.E.3, eff July 1, 2015.  Effect of Amendment  2014 Act No. 121, Section 7.E.3, substituted "Department of Administration" for "Budget and Control Board".