8A.362 FLEET MANAGEMENT -- POWERS AND DUTIES -- FUEL
ECONOMY REQUIREMENTS.
1. The director may provide for the assignment to a state officer
or employee or to a state agency, of one or more motor vehicles which
may be required by the state officer or employee or state agency,
after the state officer or employee or state agency has shown the
necessity for such transportation. The director may assign a motor
vehicle either for part-time or full-time use. The director may
revoke the assignment at any time.
2. The director may cause all state-owned motor vehicles to be
inspected periodically. Whenever the inspection reveals that repairs
have been improperly made on the motor vehicle or that the operator
is not giving the motor vehicle the proper care, the director shall
report this fact to the head of the state agency to which the motor
vehicle has been assigned, together with recommendation for
improvement.
3. a. The director shall provide for a record system for the
keeping of records of the total number of miles state-owned motor
vehicles are driven and the per-mile cost of operation of each motor
vehicle. Every state officer or employee shall keep a record book to
be furnished by the director in which the officer or employee shall
enter all purchases of gasoline, lubricating oil, grease, and other
incidental expense in the operation of the motor vehicle assigned to
the officer or employee, giving the quantity and price of each
purchase, including the cost and nature of all repairs on the motor
vehicle. Each operator of a state-owned motor vehicle shall promptly
prepare a report at the end of each month on forms furnished by the
director and forwarded to the director, giving the information the
director may request in the report. Each month, the director shall
compile the costs and mileage of state-owned motor vehicles from the
reports and keep a cost history for each motor vehicle and the costs
shall be reduced to a cost-per-mile basis for each motor vehicle.
The director shall call to the attention of an elected official or
the head of any state agency to which a motor vehicle has been
assigned any evidence of the mishandling or misuse of a state-owned
motor vehicle which is called to the director's attention.
b. A gasoline-powered motor vehicle operated under this
subsection shall not operate on gasoline other than ethanol blended
gasoline as defined in section 214A.1, unless under emergency
circumstances. A diesel-powered motor vehicle operated under this
subsection shall not operate on diesel fuel other than biodiesel fuel
as defined in section 214A.1, if commercially available. A
state-issued credit card shall not be valid to purchase gasoline
other than ethanol blended gasoline, if commercially available, or to
purchase diesel fuel other than biodiesel fuel, if commercially
available. The motor vehicle shall also be affixed with a brightly
visible sticker which notifies the traveling public that the motor
vehicle is being operated on ethanol blended gasoline or biodiesel
fuel, as applicable. However, the sticker is not required to be
affixed to an unmarked vehicle used for purposes of providing law
enforcement or security.
4. a. The director shall provide for the purchase of all
motor vehicles for all branches of the state government, except the
state department of transportation, institutions under the control of
the state board of regents, the department for the blind, and any
other state agency exempted by law. The director shall purchase new
vehicles in accordance with competitive bidding procedures for items
or services as provided in this subchapter. The director may
purchase used or preowned vehicles at governmental or dealer auctions
if the purchase is determined to be in the best interests of the
state.
b. The director, and any other state agency, which for
purposes of this subsection includes but is not limited to community
colleges and institutions under the control of the state board of
regents, or local governmental subdivisions purchasing new motor
vehicles, shall purchase new passenger vehicles and light trucks so
that the average fuel efficiency for the fleet of new passenger
vehicles and light trucks purchased in that year equals or exceeds
the average fuel economy standard for the vehicles' model year as
established by the United States secretary of transportation under 15
U.S.C. § 2002. This paragraph does not apply to vehicles purchased
for law enforcement purposes or used for off-road maintenance work,
or work vehicles used to pull loaded trailers.
c. Not later than June 15 of each year, the director shall
report compliance with the corporate average fuel economy standards
published by the United States secretary of transportation for new
motor vehicles, other than motor vehicles purchased by the state
department of transportation, institutions under the control of the
state board of regents, the department for the blind, and any other
state agency exempted from the requirements of this subsection. The
report of compliance shall classify the vehicles purchased for the
current vehicle model year using the following categories: passenger
automobiles, enforcement automobiles, vans, and light trucks. The
director shall deliver a copy of the report to the office of energy
independence. As used in this paragraph, "corporate average fuel
economy" means the corporate average fuel economy as defined in 49
C.F.R. § 533.5.
d. The director shall assign motor vehicles available for use
to maximize the average passenger miles per gallon of motor fuel
consumed. In assigning motor vehicles, the director shall consider
standards established by the director, which may include but are not
limited to the number of passengers traveling to a destination, the
fuel economy of and passenger capacity of vehicles available for
assignment, and any other relevant information, to assure assignment
of the most energy-efficient vehicle or combination of vehicles for a
trip from those vehicles available for assignment. The standards
shall not apply to special work vehicles and law enforcement
vehicles. The standards shall apply to the following agencies:
(1) State department of transportation.
(2) Institutions under the control of the state board of regents.
(3) Department for the blind.
(4) Any other state agency exempted from obtaining vehicles for
use through the department.
e. As used in paragraph "d", "fuel economy" means the
average number of miles traveled by an automobile per gallon of
gasoline consumed as determined by the United States environmental
protection agency administrator in accordance with 26 U.S.C. §
4064(c).
5. a. Of all new passenger vehicles and light pickup trucks
purchased by the director, a minimum of ten percent of all such
vehicles and trucks purchased shall be equipped with engines which
utilize alternative methods of propulsion including but not limited
to any of the following:
(1) A flexible fuel, which is any of the following:
(a) E-85 gasoline as provided in section 214A.2.
(b) B-20 biodiesel blended fuel as provided in section 214A.2.
(c) A renewable fuel approved by the office of renewable fuels
and coproducts pursuant to section 159A.3.
(2) Compressed or liquefied natural gas.
(3) Propane gas.
(4) Solar energy.
(5) Electricity.
b. This subsection does not apply to vehicles and trucks
purchased and directly used for law enforcement or purchased and used
for off-road maintenance work or to pull loaded trailers.
6. All used motor vehicles turned in to the director shall be
disposed of by public auction, and the sales shall be advertised in a
newspaper of general circulation one week in advance of sale, and the
receipts from the sale shall be deposited in the depreciation fund to
the credit of the state agency turning in the vehicle; except that,
in the case of a used motor vehicle of special design, the director
may, instead of selling it at public auction, authorize the motor
vehicle to be traded for another vehicle of similar design. If a
vehicle sustains damage and the cost to repair exceeds the wholesale
value of the vehicle, the director may dispose of the motor vehicle
by obtaining two or more written salvage bids and the vehicle shall
be sold to the highest responsible bidder.
7. The director may authorize the establishment of motor pools
consisting of a number of state-owned motor vehicles under the
director's supervision. The director may store the motor vehicles in
a public or private garage. If the director establishes a motor
pool, any state officer or employee desiring the use of a state-owned
motor vehicle on state business shall notify the director of the need
for a vehicle within a reasonable time prior to actual use of the
motor vehicle. The director may assign a motor vehicle from the
motor pool to the state officer or employee. If two or more state
officers or employees desire the use of a state-owned motor vehicle
for a trip to the same destination for the same length of time, the
director may assign one vehicle to make the trip.
8. The director shall require that a sign be placed on each
state-owned motor vehicle in a conspicuous place which indicates its
ownership by the state. This requirement shall not apply to motor
vehicles requested to be exempt by the director or by the
commissioner of public safety. All state-owned motor vehicles shall
display registration plates bearing the word "official" except motor
vehicles requested to be furnished with ordinary plates by the
director or by the commissioner of public safety pursuant to section
321.19. The director shall keep an accurate record of the
registration plates used on all state-owned motor vehicles.
9. All fuel used in state-owned automobiles shall be purchased at
cost from the various installations or garages of the state
department of transportation, state board of regents, department of
human services, or state motor pools throughout the state, unless the
state-owned sources for the purchase of fuel are not reasonably
accessible. If the director determines that state-owned sources for
the purchase of fuel are not reasonably accessible, the director
shall authorize the purchase of fuel from other sources. The
director may prescribe a manner, other than the use of the revolving
fund, in which the purchase of fuel from state-owned sources is
charged to the state agency responsible for the use of the motor
vehicle. The director shall prescribe the manner in which oil and
other normal motor vehicle maintenance for state-owned motor vehicles
may be purchased from private sources, if they cannot be reasonably
obtained from a state motor pool. The director may advertise for
bids and award contracts in accordance with competitive bidding
procedures for items and services as provided in this subchapter for
furnishing fuel, oil, grease, and vehicle replacement parts for all
state-owned motor vehicles. The director and other state agencies,
when advertising for bids for gasoline, shall also seek bids for
ethanol blended gasoline.
8A.362 FLEET MANAGEMENT -- POWERS AND DUTIES -- FUEL
ECONOMY REQUIREMENTS.
1. The director may provide for the assignment to a state officer
or employee or to a state agency, of one or more motor vehicles which
may be required by the state officer or employee or state agency,
after the state officer or employee or state agency has shown the
necessity for such transportation. The director may assign a motor
vehicle either for part-time or full-time use. The director may
revoke the assignment at any time.
2. The director may cause all state-owned motor vehicles to be
inspected periodically. Whenever the inspection reveals that repairs
have been improperly made on the motor vehicle or that the operator
is not giving the motor vehicle the proper care, the director shall
report this fact to the head of the state agency to which the motor
vehicle has been assigned, together with recommendation for
improvement.
3. a. The director shall provide for a record system for the
keeping of records of the total number of miles state-owned motor
vehicles are driven and the per-mile cost of operation of each motor
vehicle. Every state officer or employee shall keep a record book to
be furnished by the director in which the officer or employee shall
enter all purchases of gasoline, lubricating oil, grease, and other
incidental expense in the operation of the motor vehicle assigned to
the officer or employee, giving the quantity and price of each
purchase, including the cost and nature of all repairs on the motor
vehicle. Each operator of a state-owned motor vehicle shall promptly
prepare a report at the end of each month on forms furnished by the
director and forwarded to the director, giving the information the
director may request in the report. Each month, the director shall
compile the costs and mileage of state-owned motor vehicles from the
reports and keep a cost history for each motor vehicle and the costs
shall be reduced to a cost-per-mile basis for each motor vehicle.
The director shall call to the attention of an elected official or
the head of any state agency to which a motor vehicle has been
assigned any evidence of the mishandling or misuse of a state-owned
motor vehicle which is called to the director's attention.
b. A gasoline-powered motor vehicle operated under this
subsection shall not operate on gasoline other than ethanol blended
gasoline as defined in section 214A.1, unless under emergency
circumstances. A diesel-powered motor vehicle operated under this
subsection shall not operate on diesel fuel other than biodiesel fuel
as defined in section 214A.1, if commercially available. A
state-issued credit card shall not be valid to purchase gasoline
other than ethanol blended gasoline, if commercially available, or to
purchase diesel fuel other than biodiesel fuel, if commercially
available. The motor vehicle shall also be affixed with a brightly
visible sticker which notifies the traveling public that the motor
vehicle is being operated on ethanol blended gasoline or biodiesel
fuel, as applicable. However, the sticker is not required to be
affixed to an unmarked vehicle used for purposes of providing law
enforcement or security.
4. a. The director shall provide for the purchase of all
motor vehicles for all branches of the state government, except the
state department of transportation, institutions under the control of
the state board of regents, the department for the blind, and any
other state agency exempted by law. The director shall purchase new
vehicles in accordance with competitive bidding procedures for items
or services as provided in this subchapter. The director may
purchase used or preowned vehicles at governmental or dealer auctions
if the purchase is determined to be in the best interests of the
state.
b. The director, and any other state agency, which for
purposes of this subsection includes but is not limited to community
colleges and institutions under the control of the state board of
regents, or local governmental subdivisions purchasing new motor
vehicles, shall purchase new passenger vehicles and light trucks so
that the average fuel efficiency for the fleet of new passenger
vehicles and light trucks purchased in that year equals or exceeds
the average fuel economy standard for the vehicles' model year as
established by the United States secretary of transportation under 15
U.S.C. § 2002. This paragraph does not apply to vehicles purchased
for law enforcement purposes or used for off-road maintenance work,
or work vehicles used to pull loaded trailers.
c. Not later than June 15 of each year, the director shall
report compliance with the corporate average fuel economy standards
published by the United States secretary of transportation for new
motor vehicles, other than motor vehicles purchased by the state
department of transportation, institutions under the control of the
state board of regents, the department for the blind, and any other
state agency exempted from the requirements of this subsection. The
report of compliance shall classify the vehicles purchased for the
current vehicle model year using the following categories: passenger
automobiles, enforcement automobiles, vans, and light trucks. The
director shall deliver a copy of the report to the office of energy
independence. As used in this paragraph, "corporate average fuel
economy" means the corporate average fuel economy as defined in 49
C.F.R. § 533.5.
d. The director shall assign motor vehicles available for use
to maximize the average passenger miles per gallon of motor fuel
consumed. In assigning motor vehicles, the director shall consider
standards established by the director, which may include but are not
limited to the number of passengers traveling to a destination, the
fuel economy of and passenger capacity of vehicles available for
assignment, and any other relevant information, to assure assignment
of the most energy-efficient vehicle or combination of vehicles for a
trip from those vehicles available for assignment. The standards
shall not apply to special work vehicles and law enforcement
vehicles. The standards shall apply to the following agencies:
(1) State department of transportation.
(2) Institutions under the control of the state board of regents.
(3) Department for the blind.
(4) Any other state agency exempted from obtaining vehicles for
use through the department.
e. As used in paragraph "d", "fuel economy" means the
average number of miles traveled by an automobile per gallon of
gasoline consumed as determined by the United States environmental
protection agency administrator in accordance with 26 U.S.C. §
4064(c).
5. a. Of all new passenger vehicles and light pickup trucks
purchased by the director, a minimum of ten percent of all such
vehicles and trucks purchased shall be equipped with engines which
utilize alternative methods of propulsion including but not limited
to any of the following:
(1) A flexible fuel, which is any of the following:
(a) E-85 gasoline as provided in section 214A.2.
(b) B-20 biodiesel blended fuel as provided in section 214A.2.
(c) A renewable fuel approved by the office of renewable fuels
and coproducts pursuant to section 159A.3.
(2) Compressed or liquefied natural gas.
(3) Propane gas.
(4) Solar energy.
(5) Electricity.
b. This subsection does not apply to vehicles and trucks
purchased and directly used for law enforcement or purchased and used
for off-road maintenance work or to pull loaded trailers.
6. All used motor vehicles turned in to the director shall be
disposed of by public auction, and the sales shall be advertised in a
newspaper of general circulation one week in advance of sale, and the
receipts from the sale shall be deposited in the depreciation fund to
the credit of the state agency turning in the vehicle; except that,
in the case of a used motor vehicle of special design, the director
may, instead of selling it at public auction, authorize the motor
vehicle to be traded for another vehicle of similar design. If a
vehicle sustains damage and the cost to repair exceeds the wholesale
value of the vehicle, the director may dispose of the motor vehicle
by obtaining two or more written salvage bids and the vehicle shall
be sold to the highest responsible bidder.
7. The director may authorize the establishment of motor pools
consisting of a number of state-owned motor vehicles under the
director's supervision. The director may store the motor vehicles in
a public or private garage. If the director establishes a motor
pool, any state officer or employee desiring the use of a state-owned
motor vehicle on state business shall notify the director of the need
for a vehicle within a reasonable time prior to actual use of the
motor vehicle. The director may assign a motor vehicle from the
motor pool to the state officer or employee. If two or more state
officers or employees desire the use of a state-owned motor vehicle
for a trip to the same destination for the same length of time, the
director may assign one vehicle to make the trip.
8. The director shall require that a sign be placed on each
state-owned motor vehicle in a conspicuous place which indicates its
ownership by the state. This requirement shall not apply to motor
vehicles requested to be exempt by the director or by the
commissioner of public safety. All state-owned motor vehicles shall
display registration plates bearing the word "official" except motor
vehicles requested to be furnished with ordinary plates by the
director or by the commissioner of public safety pursuant to section
321.19. The director shall keep an accurate record of the
registration plates used on all state-owned motor vehicles.
9. All fuel used in state-owned automobiles shall be purchased at
cost from the various installations or garages of the state
department of transportation, state board of regents, department of
human services, or state motor pools throughout the state, unless the
state-owned sources for the purchase of fuel are not reasonably
accessible. If the director determines that state-owned sources for
the purchase of fuel are not reasonably accessible, the director
shall authorize the purchase of fuel from other sources. The
director may prescribe a manner, other than the use of the revolving
fund, in which the purchase of fuel from state-owned sources is
charged to the state agency responsible for the use of the motor
vehicle. The director shall prescribe the manner in which oil and
other normal motor vehicle maintenance for state-owned motor vehicles
may be purchased from private sources, if they cannot be reasonably
obtained from a state motor pool. The director may advertise for
bids and award contracts in accordance with competitive bidding
procedures for items and services as provided in this subchapter for
furnishing fuel, oil, grease, and vehicle replacement parts for all
state-owned motor vehicles. The director and other state agencies,
when advertising for bids for gasoline, shall also seek bids for
ethanol blended gasoline.
8A.362 FLEET MANAGEMENT -- POWERS AND DUTIES -- FUEL
ECONOMY REQUIREMENTS.
1. The director may provide for the assignment to a state officer
or employee or to a state agency, of one or more motor vehicles which
may be required by the state officer or employee or state agency,
after the state officer or employee or state agency has shown the
necessity for such transportation. The director may assign a motor
vehicle either for part-time or full-time use. The director may
revoke the assignment at any time.
2. The director may cause all state-owned motor vehicles to be
inspected periodically. Whenever the inspection reveals that repairs
have been improperly made on the motor vehicle or that the operator
is not giving the motor vehicle the proper care, the director shall
report this fact to the head of the state agency to which the motor
vehicle has been assigned, together with recommendation for
improvement.
3. a. The director shall provide for a record system for the
keeping of records of the total number of miles state-owned motor
vehicles are driven and the per-mile cost of operation of each motor
vehicle. Every state officer or employee shall keep a record book to
be furnished by the director in which the officer or employee shall
enter all purchases of gasoline, lubricating oil, grease, and other
incidental expense in the operation of the motor vehicle assigned to
the officer or employee, giving the quantity and price of each
purchase, including the cost and nature of all repairs on the motor
vehicle. Each operator of a state-owned motor vehicle shall promptly
prepare a report at the end of each month on forms furnished by the
director and forwarded to the director, giving the information the
director may request in the report. Each month, the director shall
compile the costs and mileage of state-owned motor vehicles from the
reports and keep a cost history for each motor vehicle and the costs
shall be reduced to a cost-per-mile basis for each motor vehicle.
The director shall call to the attention of an elected official or
the head of any state agency to which a motor vehicle has been
assigned any evidence of the mishandling or misuse of a state-owned
motor vehicle which is called to the director's attention.
b. A gasoline-powered motor vehicle operated under this
subsection shall not operate on gasoline other than ethanol blended
gasoline as defined in section 214A.1, unless under emergency
circumstances. A diesel-powered motor vehicle operated under this
subsection shall not operate on diesel fuel other than biodiesel fuel
as defined in section 214A.1, if commercially available. A
state-issued credit card shall not be valid to purchase gasoline
other than ethanol blended gasoline, if commercially available, or to
purchase diesel fuel other than biodiesel fuel, if commercially
available. The motor vehicle shall also be affixed with a brightly
visible sticker which notifies the traveling public that the motor
vehicle is being operated on ethanol blended gasoline or biodiesel
fuel, as applicable. However, the sticker is not required to be
affixed to an unmarked vehicle used for purposes of providing law
enforcement or security.
4. a. The director shall provide for the purchase of all
motor vehicles for all branches of the state government, except the
state department of transportation, institutions under the control of
the state board of regents, the department for the blind, and any
other state agency exempted by law. The director shall purchase new
vehicles in accordance with competitive bidding procedures for items
or services as provided in this subchapter. The director may
purchase used or preowned vehicles at governmental or dealer auctions
if the purchase is determined to be in the best interests of the
state.
b. The director, and any other state agency, which for
purposes of this subsection includes but is not limited to community
colleges and institutions under the control of the state board of
regents, or local governmental subdivisions purchasing new motor
vehicles, shall purchase new passenger vehicles and light trucks so
that the average fuel efficiency for the fleet of new passenger
vehicles and light trucks purchased in that year equals or exceeds
the average fuel economy standard for the vehicles' model year as
established by the United States secretary of transportation under 15
U.S.C. § 2002. This paragraph does not apply to vehicles purchased
for law enforcement purposes or used for off-road maintenance work,
or work vehicles used to pull loaded trailers.
c. Not later than June 15 of each year, the director shall
report compliance with the corporate average fuel economy standards
published by the United States secretary of transportation for new
motor vehicles, other than motor vehicles purchased by the state
department of transportation, institutions under the control of the
state board of regents, the department for the blind, and any other
state agency exempted from the requirements of this subsection. The
report of compliance shall classify the vehicles purchased for the
current vehicle model year using the following categories: passenger
automobiles, enforcement automobiles, vans, and light trucks. The
director shall deliver a copy of the report to the office of energy
independence. As used in this paragraph, "corporate average fuel
economy" means the corporate average fuel economy as defined in 49
C.F.R. § 533.5.
d. The director shall assign motor vehicles available for use
to maximize the average passenger miles per gallon of motor fuel
consumed. In assigning motor vehicles, the director shall consider
standards established by the director, which may include but are not
limited to the number of passengers traveling to a destination, the
fuel economy of and passenger capacity of vehicles available for
assignment, and any other relevant information, to assure assignment
of the most energy-efficient vehicle or combination of vehicles for a
trip from those vehicles available for assignment. The standards
shall not apply to special work vehicles and law enforcement
vehicles. The standards shall apply to the following agencies:
(1) State department of transportation.
(2) Institutions under the control of the state board of regents.
(3) Department for the blind.
(4) Any other state agency exempted from obtaining vehicles for
use through the department.
e. As used in paragraph "d", "fuel economy" means the
average number of miles traveled by an automobile per gallon of
gasoline consumed as determined by the United States environmental
protection agency administrator in accordance with 26 U.S.C. §
4064(c).
5. a. Of all new passenger vehicles and light pickup trucks
purchased by the director, a minimum of ten percent of all such
vehicles and trucks purchased shall be equipped with engines which
utilize alternative methods of propulsion including but not limited
to any of the following:
(1) A flexible fuel, which is any of the following:
(a) E-85 gasoline as provided in section 214A.2.
(b) B-20 biodiesel blended fuel as provided in section 214A.2.
(c) A renewable fuel approved by the office of renewable fuels
and coproducts pursuant to section 159A.3.
(2) Compressed or liquefied natural gas.
(3) Propane gas.
(4) Solar energy.
(5) Electricity.
b. This subsection does not apply to vehicles and trucks
purchased and directly used for law enforcement or purchased and used
for off-road maintenance work or to pull loaded trailers.
6. All used motor vehicles turned in to the director shall be
disposed of by public auction, and the sales shall be advertised in a
newspaper of general circulation one week in advance of sale, and the
receipts from the sale shall be deposited in the depreciation fund to
the credit of the state agency turning in the vehicle; except that,
in the case of a used motor vehicle of special design, the director
may, instead of selling it at public auction, authorize the motor
vehicle to be traded for another vehicle of similar design. If a
vehicle sustains damage and the cost to repair exceeds the wholesale
value of the vehicle, the director may dispose of the motor vehicle
by obtaining two or more written salvage bids and the vehicle shall
be sold to the highest responsible bidder.
7. The director may authorize the establishment of motor pools
consisting of a number of state-owned motor vehicles under the
director's supervision. The director may store the motor vehicles in
a public or private garage. If the director establishes a motor
pool, any state officer or employee desiring the use of a state-owned
motor vehicle on state business shall notify the director of the need
for a vehicle within a reasonable time prior to actual use of the
motor vehicle. The director may assign a motor vehicle from the
motor pool to the state officer or employee. If two or more state
officers or employees desire the use of a state-owned motor vehicle
for a trip to the same destination for the same length of time, the
director may assign one vehicle to make the trip.
8. The director shall require that a sign be placed on each
state-owned motor vehicle in a conspicuous place which indicates its
ownership by the state. This requirement shall not apply to motor
vehicles requested to be exempt by the director or by the
commissioner of public safety. All state-owned motor vehicles shall
display registration plates bearing the word "official" except motor
vehicles requested to be furnished with ordinary plates by the
director or by the commissioner of public safety pursuant to section
321.19. The director shall keep an accurate record of the
registration plates used on all state-owned motor vehicles.
9. All fuel used in state-owned automobiles shall be purchased at
cost from the various installations or garages of the state
department of transportation, state board of regents, department of
human services, or state motor pools throughout the state, unless the
state-owned sources for the purchase of fuel are not reasonably
accessible. If the director determines that state-owned sources for
the purchase of fuel are not reasonably accessible, the director
shall authorize the purchase of fuel from other sources. The
director may prescribe a manner, other than the use of the revolving
fund, in which the purchase of fuel from state-owned sources is
charged to the state agency responsible for the use of the motor
vehicle. The director shall prescribe the manner in which oil and
other normal motor vehicle maintenance for state-owned motor vehicles
may be purchased from private sources, if they cannot be reasonably
obtained from a state motor pool. The director may advertise for
bids and award contracts in accordance with competitive bidding
procedures for items and services as provided in this subchapter for
furnishing fuel, oil, grease, and vehicle replacement parts for all
state-owned motor vehicles. The director and other state agencies,
when advertising for bids for gasoline, shall also seek bids for
ethanol blended gasoline.
