TRENTON – Senator Richard J. Codey last week introduced legislation which would ensure greater accountability and transparency in the use of government cars, in an effort to crack down on the use of official vehicles for non-official purposes.
“When a government employee is handed the keys to a public vehicle, it is expected that the vehicle will be used for public business and not personal use,” said Senator Codey, D-Essex. “State and municipal governments maintain professional fleets of vehicles in order to better meet the needs of the people we represent, not for joy-riding or running errands. This bill would go a long way to make sure that personal business and government business don’t mix out on our roadways.”