Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 220 - Department of Administration › Chapter 70 - Capital Asset Management and Maintenance › Subchapter 05 - STATE FLEET OPERATIONS › Part 2 - Rules and Regulation Governing the State Fleet Replacement Revolving Loan Fund (220-RICR-70-05-2) › Section 220-RICR-70-05-2.4 - Definitions

Current through June 14, 2024
A. As used in this Part, the following terms
				 shall have the following meanings:
1.
				 "Department director" means the heads of departments as enumerated R.I. Gen.
				 Laws Chapter 42-6.
2. "General
				 officer" shall have the same meaning as defined in R.I. Gen. Laws §
											42-11.3-1(1).
3. "Light vehicle" refers to passenger cars,
				 pickup trucks, vans, sport utility vehicles, or any other vehicles included in
				 state fleet operations' generic vehicle specifications.
4. "Lease payment" refers to annual payments
				 made by state agencies to the state fleet replacement revolving loan fund to
				 cover the principal amount loaned to the state agency for the acquisition of a
				 vehicle and/or associated equipment, as well as any interest or service charges
				 applied to the principal amount.
5.
				 "Office of state fleet operations" is a discrete unit of the division of
				 Capital Asset Management and Maintenance within the department of
				 administration which has been designated by the director of administration to
				 be responsible for implementing this Part.
6. "State agency" for the purposes of this
				 Part shall also include the judiciary and all other commissions and agencies
				 and any other commission or agency which is hereinafter created or established
				 within this state.
7. "State agency
				 head" shall mean the chief executive officer of a state agency.
8. "State fleet" refers to all motor vehicles
				 owned by the State of Rhode Island, that have been allocated to a state agency
				 and are under the control of the office of state fleet operations.
9. "State Fleet Replacement Revolving Loan
				 Fund", also referred to as the loan fund, and refers to the restricted receipt
				 account established pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws §
											42-11-2.4 and/or to any internal service fund created under legislative
				 authorization.
10. "State-owned
				 motor vehicle" refers solely to passenger and motorized equipment fleet and
				 attachments, where applicable, irrespective of the source of funds utilized to
				 acquire the vehicle or, in the case of vehicles leased by the state for state
				 purposes, the title holder of record for the vehicle. Categories of vehicles
				 included in this definition include, but are not limited to, the following:
a. Passenger cars;
b. Pickup trucks, vans and all-purpose
				 vehicles;
c. Heavy
				 trucks;
d. Buses;
e. Trailers;
f. Motorcycles;
g. Off-road equipment. Including mobile
				 equipment and any of the following types of land vehicles, as well as any
				 attached machinery or equipment:
(1)
				 Bulldozers, farm machinery including tractors, forklifts and other vehicles
				 designed for use off public roads;
(2) Street sweepers;
(3) Backhoes, graders and other road
				 construction equipment;
(4)
				 Snowmobiles
11. "Straight buy" refers to the outright
				 acquisition of a vehicle by an agency with funds appropriated to that agency,
				 regardless of the source of funds (i.e. general revenue, federal, etc.),
				 exclusive of funding from the loan fund.
12. "Vehicle replacement plan" refers to
				 annual plans submitted by state agencies, as requested by the office of state
				 fleet operations and/or the state budget office, detailing the respective
				 agency's anticipated vehicle replacement needs over a multi-year
				 period.