BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - A new audit says the state agency that
watches over Louisiana's state-owned vehicles doesn't ensure the
state only buys cars it needs and doesn't properly monitor the cars
the state owns.
Legislative Auditor Steve Theriot's office says many of the
state's cars are unnecessary, and the audit says the Louisiana
Property Assistance Agency doesn't make sure employees aren't
abusing a policy that lets them take state-owned cars home.
The property agency is in the governor's Division of
Administration. The performance audit comes as Commissioner of
Administration Angele Davis has already made a mission of shrinking
the state vehicle fleet and has put a freeze on buying more.
In her response to the audit, Davis says she agrees with the
audit findings and repeated her committment to cut down on
state-owned cars and end misuse.
Louisiana has more than 13,200 state-owned vehicles in its
fleet, according to the audit.
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