Sec. 4. (a) The department shall maintain and operate all state parking facilities.

     (b) The department shall assign parking privileges in state parking facilities to state officers and employees, and it may assign such privileges to other persons.

     (c) The department may by rule establish schedules for state parking facilities under which fees are charged for parking privileges on a daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly basis. Such a schedule must be established so that the fees collected under it do not exceed the cost of providing, maintaining, and operating the facilities to which it applies.

     (d) Before a rule is adopted under subsection (c), the department shall submit the proposed rule to the budget agency for approval. The budget agency may refer the proposed rule to the legislative division of the budget committee for an advisory recommendation. If the rule is referred, the legislative division of the budget committee shall do the following:

(1) Hold hearings.

(2) Exercise any powers under IC 4-12-1-11.

(3) Make an advisory recommendation to the budget agency.

     (e) If the department establishes schedules under subsection (c), it shall collect the fees and deposit them in the state general fund or as directed by the budget director.

As added by P.L.7-1993, SEC.7.