(a) State-owned Motor Vehicle. “state-owned motor vehicle” is any motor vehicle as defined by Vehicle Code section 415, owned by the state, or any state agency.

(b) Employee. “Employee” includes all state officers and employees except: (1) incumbents of elected state offices, (2) members of the California Highway Patrol as defined in Vehicle Code section 2250.

(c) Head of Agency. “Head of the agency” or “agency head” means the head of the agency or the person, board, commission, or other governing body having the appointing authority for the agency. Provided, however, that where an agency head or any member thereof is involved in a misuse, the powers and duties of that agency head or any member thereof under these regulations shall be exercised by the Director of General Services.

(d) Home. “Home” is any temporary or permanent living accommodation occupied by an employee during the course of employment at his/her assigned headquarters.

(e) Use in Conduct of State Business. The “use of a state-owned motor vehicle in the conduct of state business” is use when driven in the performance of or necessary to or in the course of the duties of state employment and shall include the operation of state-owned or leased vehicles as commute vehicles in a carpool or vanpool program authorized by a state agency.

(f) Misappropriation for Private Use. “Misappropriation for private use” is synonymous with “misuse of a state-owned vehicle” and “misuse” as those terms are used in this article.