MONMOUTH, NJ – Assemblywoman Mary Pat Angelini proposed legislation last month to control use of government vehicles in New Jersey, citing Delaware as an example in a press release from her office.

Angelini said New Jersey should follow Delaware’s example by cutting the number of cars, vans, and trucks in the state fleet, then auctioning off the vehicles, a move that brought in more than a half-million dollars for Delaware, according to the press release.

“Reducing the bloated state fleet will cut maintenance and gas costs,” explained Angelini, R-Monmouth. “Those savings, coupled with funds raised by auctioning the vehicles, could be used to keep the property tax rebate program viable and pay down state debt. If Delaware made more than a half-million dollars by auctioning 197 vehicles imagine how many New Jersey could auction and the profit we could realize."

“We have more than 15,500 vehicles issued to state employees, an increase of 144 since January 2007,” she said in the release.

Angelini said New Jersey needs to "catch up" with other states that have reduced wasted government spending on motor pools, reported AREP.

Angelini's legislation, A-3914, would require accountability for New Jersey's auto fleet and require state departments and agencies to submit written justification for use of a car in the state motor fleet - only the governor, lieutenant governor, and attorney general would be exempt, reported AREP.