A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to create an incentive and encourage carpooling by state employees using state vehicles to make trips greater than fifty miles from a duty station or assigned work location.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 138‑6(a) is amended by adding a new sub-subdivision to read:
"§ 138‑6.  Travel allowances of State officers and employees.
(a)	Travel on official business by the officers and employees of State departments, institutions and agencies which operate from funds deposited with the State Treasurer shall be reimbursed at the following rates:
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(6)	a.	To create an incentive and encourage carpooling among state employees utilizing State vehicles, a sum of ten cents (10¢) per person, per mile, may be paid to each person, provided that two or more people carpool in a State vehicle. The maximum amount payable is fifty cents (50¢) per mile, per vehicle, on any trip. The Department of Administration, Motor Fleet Management Division, shall develop a uniform travel log that shall be used by State departments, agencies and institutions to determine the amount of reimbursement paid to each employee by establishing preset mileage charts for destinations in accordance with planned trips that are further than 50 miles from an assigned duty station or assigned work location. This subdivision shall not apply if the payment of such monies will disrupt the mission of the agency or if the agency requires employees to operate separate vehicles to accomplish its mission.
b.	The Department of Administration, Motor Fleet Management Division, shall develop a tracking system that will allow individuals that are traveling to the same location over the same dates to be put in touch with each other. This system can include developing a form that can be used by each agency or by creating an electronic database that matches individuals for carpooling based on travel dates, the location being traveled from, the location being traveled to, and duration of the trip."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2006.