Senate Bill sb1292

    Florida Senate - 2001                                  SB 1292

    By Senator Lawson





    3-592-01

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to state employee travel and

  3         per diem; amending s. 112.061, F.S.; increasing

  4         the meal allowances for state employees for

  5         specified travel; restricting applicability to

  6         state agencies operating under an appropriated

  7         performance budget; providing for

  8         implementation subject to availability of funds

  9         and approval by the Executive Office of the

10         Governor; providing an effective date.

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12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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14         Section 1.  Subsection (6) of section 112.061, Florida

15  Statutes, is amended to read:

16         112.061  Per diem and travel expenses of public

17  officers, employees, and authorized persons.--

18         (6)  RATES OF PER DIEM AND SUBSISTENCE ALLOWANCE.--For

19  purposes of reimbursement rates and methods of calculation,

20  per diem and subsistence allowances are divided into the

21  following groups and rates:

22         (a)  All travelers shall be allowed for subsistence

23  when traveling to a convention or conference or when traveling

24  within or outside the state in order to conduct bona fide

25  state business, which convention, conference, or business

26  serves a direct and lawful public purpose with relation to the

27  public agency served by the person attending such meeting or

28  conducting such business, either of the following for each day

29  of such travel at the option of the traveler:

30         1.  Fifty dollars per diem; or

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  1         2.  If actual expenses exceed $50, the amounts

  2  permitted in paragraph (b) for meals, plus actual expenses for

  3  lodging at a single-occupancy rate to be substantiated by paid

  4  bills therefor.

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  6  When lodging or meals are provided at a state institution, the

  7  traveler shall be reimbursed only for the actual expenses of

  8  such lodging or meals, not to exceed the maximum provided for

  9  in this subsection.

10         (b)  All travelers shall be allowed the following

11  amounts for subsistence while on Class C travel on official

12  business as provided in paragraph (5)(b):

13         1.  Breakfast........................................$3

14         2.  Lunch............................................$6

15         3.  Dinner..........................................$12

16         (c)  No one, whether traveling out of state or in

17  state, shall be reimbursed for any meal or lodging included in

18  a convention or conference registration fee paid by the state.

19  A state agency operating under an appropriated

20  performance-based program budget may increase the subsistence

21  amounts by up to an additional 25 percent, subject to the

22  availability of funds and receipt of prior approval from the

23  Executive Office of the Governor.

24         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2001.

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27                          SENATE SUMMARY

28    Authorizes state agencies to increase the subsistence
      travel allowances for state employees under certain
29    circumstances.

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