State of California

  M E M O R A N D U M

  REFERENCE CODE:
  98-054

  DATE:
  October 23, 1998

  TO:
  Personnel Officers
  Employee Relations Officers

  FROM:
  Department of Personnel Administration
  Office of the Director

  SUBJECT:
  Transit and Vanpool Incentives for Excluded Employees

  CONTACT:
  David Gilb, Assistant Chief
  (916) 324-0476, CALNET 454-0476
  FAX: (916) 322-0765
  OFFICE VISION: DPA(DAGILB)
  INTERNET: DAVIDGILB@DPA.CA.GOV


  The purpose of this memorandum is to notify departments of 
  a change in the public transit and vanpool subsidy for 
  excluded employees.
  
  The current subsidy consists of a discount of 50 percent on 
  public transit up to a maximum of 
  $21 per month.  In addition, the State provides $50 per 
  month for excluded employees who are the primary driver of 
  a vanpool, which consists of 7 to 15 people.  When 
  established, these subsidies were the maximum then allowed 
  by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for tax purposes.
  
  The IRS has now increased the maximum allowance to $60 per 
  month for public transit.  Consequently, this memo is to 
  authorize departments to reimburse excluded employees
  50 percent of the cost of the transit subsidy, up to a 
  maximum of $60.  This rate shall apply not only to monthly 
  passes, but daily passes as well.  The vanpool stipend has 
  also increased from $50 per month to $100 per month.  
  
  For your information, the contracts for Bargaining Units 6, 
  8,16 and 19 also provide for similar increases in transit 
  and vanpool incentives for represented employees.  However, 
  there are no changes for represented employees in all other 
  bargaining units, as this increase can only be implemented 
  in a collective bargaining agreement.  These increases 
  shall be effective 
  November 1, 1998.
  
  If you have any questions regarding transit and vanpool 
  incentives for excluded employees, please contact David 
  Gilb at 916-324-0476.
  
  
  
  
  David J. Tirapelle
  Director