Ariz. Admin. Code § 17-1-401

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 25, June 21, 2024
Section R17-1-401 - Definitions

In addition to the definitions provided under A.R.S. § 28-471, the following terms apply to this Article:

"Accident reporting packet" means the automobile loss report form and witness information cards which are located in the glove compartment of each state vehicle.

"ADOT" means the Arizona Department of Transportation.

"ADOT Equipment Services" means the section of ADOT designated by the Director as responsible for facilitating all activities required for the administration and management of vehicles owned, leased, or rented by this state and maintained by the Department as part of the statewide motor vehicle fleet management program, subject to any specific exclusions as prescribed under A.R.S. § 28-472.

"ADOT fueling facility" means a location managed by the Arizona Department of Transportation for use in dispensing fuel to state vehicles.

"Director" means the Director of the Arizona Department of Transportation or the Director's designee.

"Domicile-to-duty" means the assignment of a state vehicle to an individual operator on a continuous 24-hour basis where use of the state vehicle is authorized for travel between the operator's residence and worksite as prescribed under A.R.S. § 38-538.02.

"ESEDRA" means the Arizona State Employee Driver Record Application, which is a web-based application developed by State Risk Management and the Arizona Department of Administration to allow state agency authorized administrators to access and review motor vehicle record information for state employees authorized to drive a vehicle on state business as prescribed under A.A.C. R2-10-207.

"GPS" or "GPS fleet management device" means an electronic system installed by the Department on each state vehicle that captures and reports certain vehicle usage information to the Department as needed to ensure successful fleet asset management.

"Operator" means any state employee, intern, vendor, contractor, consultant, volunteer, customer, or visitor of a state agency who is expressly authorized by an agency director and State Risk Management to drive, operate, or otherwise utilize state vehicles, equipment, or services administered through ADOT Equipment Services.

"SAAM" means the State of Arizona Accounting Manual published by the Arizona Department of Administration, General Accounting Office, at https://gao.az.gov/, which contains several directives commonly referred to as the State Travel Policy to be used by both state employees and non-state employees seeking information on subjects involving state business travel eligibility and authorization.

"State vehicle" means a vehicle owned, leased, or rented by the state of Arizona and that is included in the state's motor vehicle fleet management program administered by ADOT as prescribed under A.R.S. § 28-332, A.R.S. § 28-472, or any other authorizing statute.

"Travel status" means when an operator is more than 50 miles from both the operator's residence and a regular duty post.

"Using agency" means any agency participating in the state's motor vehicle fleet management program administered by ADOT as prescribed under A.R.S. § 28-332, A.R.S. § 28-472, or any other authorizing statute, which is assigned a state vehicle or is otherwise authorized to use fleet operation services provided by ADOT under this Article.

"Using agency director" means any person designated by the using agency as having executive level approval authority.

Ariz. Admin. Code § R17-1-401

New Section made by final rulemaking at 8 A.A.R. 3236, effective July 10, 2002 (Supp. 02-3). Section repealed by final rulemaking at 15 A.A.R. 182, effective March 7, 2009 (Supp. 09-1). New section made by exempt rulemaking at 28 A.A.R. 3366, effective 9/29/2022.