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Nov 28, 2008 7:35 am US/Eastern

100 State Employees Stripped Of Vehicles

Part Of Gov. Patrick's Cost Cuts

Read: Jon Keller's Blog

BOSTON (WBZ) ― More than 100 state employees will be stripped of their state-owned, take-home vehicles under a cost-cutting plan proposed by Gov. Deval Patrick.

WBZ's Jon Keller reports that 107 state workers will lose their take-home vehicles under new rules that take effect Jan. 1.

Keller reports in his blog that the "state has revoked the privilege for 107 of the 347 so-called year-round 'domicile vehicles.' Fifty-eight of those were assigned to the Highway Department. Others were being used by employees at executive-branch agencies dealing with public safety, corrections, park management, and conservation."

The Associated Press reports that the take-home use of about 150 state Highway Department seasonal vehicles, including plows, will also be restricted to between mid-December to mid-March.

About 500 workers are allowed to drive state vehicles home.

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