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POLICY ! PROCEDURE NO. 14-1 <br />FLEET POLICY <br />GUIDELINES FOR THE USE OF COUNTY OWNED VEHICLES <br />The following guidelines are established to regulate the use of County vehicles assigned to <br />County employees in the performance of their duties. <br />These policies are intended to clearly define standard operating procedures for use, care, and <br />maintenance of County owned vehicles. <br />Use of Count Owned Vehicles <br />A. Permitted Uses <br />1. Only County employees or drivers authorized by departments may drive or <br />operate County vehicles and equipment. <br />2. County owned vehicles shall be used for official County business only. <br />3. No passengers will be permitted unless they are on official County business. <br />4. Smoking is not permitted in County vehicles or while operating County <br />equipment. <br />B. Driver Requirements <br />1. Each driver of any County owned vehicle must have a valid North Carolina <br />Operator's license. County employees who are drivers of vehicles weighing <br />more than 26,000 pounds or a vehicle carrying sixteen or more passengers, <br />must have a valid Commercial Class B license with a passenger endorsement. <br />2. Employees will be responsible for any vehicle or equipment assigned to them. <br />3. Employees driving County vehicles are required to obey all traffic laws <br />including wearing seat belts incompliance with seat belt laws. <br />4. Cabarrus County will not pay traffic tickets or parking fines of employees <br />driving County owned vehicles, nor will the County pay if the employee is <br />authorized to use their personal vehicle on County business. Employees <br />found guilty of a moving violation may be subject to disciplinary action by <br />their supervisor. <br />C. Vehicle Assignment <br />1. County vehicles are normally assigned to an individual at the start of their <br />work period and are the employee's responsibility until the completion of the <br />assigned work period. <br />2. A County vehicle may be assigned to an individual employee who regularly <br />Requires vehicular transportation in the performance of his assigned duties <br />and responsibilities and requires the use of the vehicle during off duty time. <br />The assignment may be of a permanent nature or for a specified tune period, <br />such as a week of on-call duty. <br />3. During vacation periods or leaves of absences, an employee who is assigned a <br />vehicle on anon-permanent basis, will turn the vehicle in to their department. `~t,~~-- <br />\l <br />~~ <br />;~ ~~~~ ~ <br />~~ ~~ 1 <br />"Attachment number 1 <br />F-15 Page 148 <br />