As used in the Transportation Services Act:

A. "director" means the director of the division;

B. "division" means the transportation services division of the general services department;

C. "protective license plate" means a regular passenger license plate issued to a state vehicle that is in the custody of a state agency, can be traced to that state agency and is being used for sensitive activities;

D. "secretary" means the secretary of general services;

E. "sensitive activity" means an activity performed by an employee of the state that:

(1) is authorized by the state to be performed for a legitimate and appropriate purpose for the state, other than a legitimate undercover law enforcement purpose; and

(2) would place the employee at a higher risk of personal injury if knowledge of the activity were made public, as determined in writing by an appropriate supervising authority of the employee;

F. "state agency" means a state department, agency, board or commission but does not include the legislative and judicial branches, public schools and institutions of higher education;

G. "state vehicle" means an automobile, van, sport-utility truck, pickup truck or other vehicle with a declared gross vehicle weight of less than ten thousand pounds used by a state agency to transport passengers or property; and

H. "undercover license plate" means a regular passenger license plate issued to a state vehicle that is registered in a fictitious name and address that cannot be traced to the state agency having custody of the vehicle and that is being used for legitimate law enforcement purposes only.

History: Laws 1994, ch. 119, § 3; 1995, ch. 161, § 5; 2007, ch. 29, § 2; 2010, ch. 57, § 1; 2013, ch. 66, § 1.

The 2013 amendment, effective June 14, 2013, defined additional terms related to protective and undercover license plates; and added Subsections C, E and H.

The 2010 amendment, effective May 19, 2010, in Subsection D, after "board or commission", deleted "including" and added "but does not include", and after "judicial branches", deleted "but not including".

The 2007 amendment, effective July 1, 2007, deleted former Subsection A, which defined "department" as the general services department; changed the definition of "state agency" in Subsection D to include the legislative and judicial branches, but to exclude public schools and institutions of higher learning; and in Subsection E, changed to the definition of "state vehicle" to include vehicles with a declared gross weight of less that ten thousand pounds.

The 1995 amendment, effective June 1, 1995, substituted "transportation services" for "motor pool" in the introductory language and in Subsection C.