Section R27-3-7 - Criteria for Commute and Personal Use Approval(1) An agency executive director or designee may approve commute or take-home use when one or more of the following conditions exist: (a) 24-hour On-call Emergency. When the agency clearly demonstrates that the nature of a potential emergency is such that an increase in response time, if a commute or take-home use privilege is not authorized, could endanger a human life or cause significant property damage. Each driver shall keep a complete list of callouts. The authorized driver shall create and maintain a trip log beginning with the first trip of the day and ending with the last trip of the day for commute use vehicles. The trip log must contain at least the starting and ending points of the commute;(b) Virtual Office. When the agency clearly demonstrates that an employee is required to work out of a vehicle a minimum of 80% of the time and the assigned vehicle is required to perform the critical duties assigned to the employee;(c) Practicality. When the agency clearly demonstrates that it is more practical for the employee to go directly to an alternate work site rather than report to a specific office to pick up a state vehicle;(d) Compensation Vehicle. When a vehicle is provided to appointed or elected government officials who are specifically allowed by law to have an assigned vehicle as part of their compensation package.Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2017-6, effective 2/21/2017Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2021-23, effective 11/25/2021Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2023-05, effective 2/21/2023Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2024-21, effective 10/28/2024