{"data":{"id":"us-or/ors-283.313","jurisdiction":"us-or","citation":"ORS 283.313","heading":"Adoption of mileage limits for use and replacement of state-owned vehicles; procedure for approving exceptions to requirement for provision of state-owned vehicle; rules.","body":"(1) The Oregon Department of Administrative Services shall adopt by rule a formula to determine the mileage limit for purposes of ORS 283.312. The formula shall define a mileage limit that is the mileage at which use of a state-owned standard passenger vehicle is more economical than use of a privately owned motor vehicle for official state business. For purposes of this subsection, the department shall adopt the formula in Secretary of State, Audit No. 97-36, State of Oregon Opportunities to Reduce State Employee Travel Costs, p. 29, app. A, exhibit 1 (April 17, 1997), or an equivalent formula.\n      (2) The department shall adopt by rule a replacement mileage standard for purposes of ORS 283.314. The replacement mileage standard is the mileage at which replacement of a standard passenger vehicle is more economical than retaining the vehicle.\n      (3) The department shall adopt by rule a procedure to approve exceptions under ORS 283.312 (5) to the requirements of ORS 283.312 (3). The procedure adopted must conform to the following:\n      (a) The Director of the Oregon Department of Administrative Services shall approve each exception.\n      (b) The director may appoint a committee to advise the director on the merits of each request for an exception.\n      (c) An application by a state agency or institution for an exception must be in writing. The application must include, but not be limited to:\n      (A) A statement of the reasons ownership or assignment of a state-owned standard passenger vehicle is necessary to the activities conducted by the state agency or institution, notwithstanding the number of miles per month the vehicle is driven; and\n      (B) A statement of reasons why rental of a standard passenger vehicle, use of a vehicle owned by an authorized driver or borrowing a vehicle from another state agency or institution is not a satisfactory alternative to ownership or assignment of a standard passenger vehicle.","path":["07 - Public Facilities and Finance","26. Public Facilities, Contracting and insurance","Chapter 283 — Interagency Services"],"source_url":"https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors283.html","current_through":"2025 Edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T23:50:13Z","sha256":"cb81a7ce2da0662a1f44c861ae01f8694e25ff469ce1888accc5c00817841adc","source_id":"us-or","stale":false,"prev":"us-or/ors-283.312","next":"us-or/ors-283.314"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}