State tells lawmakers it found 2,300 unaccounted for vehicles

TALLAHASSEE – The thousands of state-owned vehicles that Florida auditors reported missing months ago have been accounted for, a state agency chief told lawmakers Tuesday.

A state audit presented to a legislative oversight committee in March noted that the state’s new vehicle tracking system couldn’t account for about 2,300 vehicles, valued at $57 million, that were listed in the state’s overall database. The vehicles were not lost or stolen, but auditors could not find them listed in the new system.

The audit also found “numerous unmatched, inconsistent, missing, or incomplete records,” including 1,535 inaccurate delivery dates and 1,695 missing delivery dates.

The findings upset lawmakers who noted the state’s Department of Management Services, which oversees a fleet of state-owned