If any state officer, agent or employee fails to comply with any rule or regulation of the secretary made pursuant to section forty-eight of this article, the State Auditor shall, upon order of the secretary, refuse to issue any warrant or warrants on account of expenses incurred, or to be incurred, in the purchase, operation, maintenance, or repairs of any motor vehicle or aircraft now or to be in the possession or under the control of such officer, agent or employee. The secretary may take possession of any state-owned vehicle or aircraft and transfer it to the central motor pool or to make such other disposition thereof as the secretary may direct.
West Virginia Legal Code