SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) A New Mexico newspaper reports that the state suspends privileges to drive state vehicles from numerous state employees. The Santa Fe New Mexican reports that information provided by the General Services Department indicates that 191 state workers had their privileges suspended from July 1 to April 23.
The agencies with the most workers whose privileges revoked were the Department of Health with 43, the Taxation and Revenue Department with 34 and the Human Services Department with 32. Reasons ranged from driving with revoked licenses to drunken-driving arrests. Other reasons included having expired defensive driving certificates and failing to provide a current certificate during an audit.
State policy allows an employee to ask permission to give rides in a state vehicle to unauthorized people, but only for state business.
