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FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE AFFAIRS DIVISION

FACILITIES & PLANNING

ADMINISTRATIVE CHARGE FOR VEHICLE USAGE
Policy #F&P-4830-15


  Purpose
  To provide a uniform policy statement and procedures to be utilized in charging for the use of University-owned/leased vehicles.

  Objective
  To establish a uniform system of "Charging Back" to the departments for the use of cars, vans and trucks.

  Policy
  Charges for the use of University-owned/leased vehicles, requested through the fleet operations, will be at the following rates (in accordance with federal and state regulations):
 
A. Cars -  $.485 per mile.
B. All Others -  $.585 per mile.
C. Permanently assigned vehicles will have a direct chargeback to their department, monthly, for all types of work performed, i.e., tires, oil, gas, parts, labor, accident repairs, etc.

  Procedure
 
A. The determination that adequate funds are available for requested travel lies with the department Vice Presidents/Deans.

B. The Vice President and/or Dean, or a designee, for each department(s), will be responsible to ensure that the travel budget(s) that they are responsible for is/are updated as each request is approved to ensure available funds are current.

C. Departments with permanently assigned vehicles will need to have their monthly mileage forms reported (telephone) to Fleet Operations by the 5th of each month, so that reports can be computerized for accounting purposes by the 10th of each month.

D. Budget and Accounting policies for charge backs:

The Accounting Services Department will charge monthly state vehicle usage to the appropriate dean or vice president on a monthly basis.  The information will be provided by Facilities and Planning.  The offsetting accounting entry will be a credit to the Vehicle Maintenance organization with a specific sub-object for vehicle charge backs.

The vehicles will be charged at the rate of $.485 for cars and $.585 for all others per mile.  The cost of the permanently assigned vehicles will be charged to the appropriate dean or vice president responsible for the department.  These costs will not be calculated using mileage but for the direct costs of maintaining that vehicle.

Auxiliaries and grant funds will be charged directly for their usage and not to the appropriate dean or vice-president as mentioned above.  Monitoring and control of these funds is the responsibility of the individual fund managers.




 



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