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SF0092 • 2006

State employee expense allowance.

AN ACT relating to travel expenses for state officers and employees; amending lodging and meal expense reimbursement for state officers and employees traveling on official business of the state; eliminating a reporting requirement; and providing for an effective date.

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Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Senator Ross
Last action
2006-03-09
Official status
enrolled
Effective date
4/1/2006

Plain English Breakdown

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Bill History

  1. 2006-03-09 LSO

    Assigned Chapter Number - 17

  2. 2006-03-09 Governor

    Governor Signed SEA No. 0024

  3. 2006-03-07 House

    H Speaker Signed SEA No. 0024

  4. 2006-03-07 Senate

    S President Signed SEA No. 0024

  5. 2006-03-07 LSO

    Assigned Number SEA0024

  6. 2006-03-07 House

    H Passed 3rd Reading

  7. 2006-03-06 House

    H Passed 2nd Reading

  8. 2006-03-03 House

    H Passed CoW

  9. 2006-03-02 House

    H Placed on General File

  10. 2006-03-02 House

    H02 Recommended Do Pass

  11. 2006-02-28 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H02

  12. 2006-02-28 House

    H Received for Introduction

  13. 2006-02-28 Senate

    S Passed 3rd Reading

  14. 2006-02-27 Senate

    S Passed 2nd Reading

  15. 2006-02-24 Senate

    S Passed CoW

  16. 2006-02-23 Senate

    S Placed on General File

  17. 2006-02-23 Senate

    S02 Recommended Do Pass

  18. 2006-02-17 Senate

    S Introduced and Referred to S02

  19. 2006-02-14 Senate

    S Received for Introduction

  20. 2006-02-13 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

SF0092 Bill Summary

Bill
No.:
SF0092

Drafter:

JHR

LSO
No.:

06LSO-0417

Effective Date:

4/1/2006

Enrolled
Act No.:

SEA0024

Chapter
No.:

17

Prime
Sponsor:

Senator Ross

Catch
Title:

State employee expense allowance.

Subject:

Amends process for computing
lodging and meal reimbursable allowances.

Summary/Major
Elements:

Under current law, state officers' and employees' reimbursable travel
expenses for lodging, meals and incidental expenses are computed based on the
published federal travel regulation rates in effect on April 1, 2005.

This bill amends the process for computing the allowable rates for those
expenses, by authorizing the Governor, for state employees, and the governing
body for any other entity using the state rate for that entity, to set the
allowable rate for the travel expenses based on the published federal travel
regulation rates in effect at the time of travel.

The bill also eliminates a requirement that the state auditor shall
report the current federal travel rates to the Joint Appropriations Committee,
with recommendations for any changes to the state travel rates.

Comments:

This bill is effective April 1, 2006

Current Bill Text

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WORKING DRAFT

ORIGINAL SENATE

FILE

NO.
0092

ENROLLED ACT NO. 24, SENATE

FIFTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2006 BUDGET SESSION

AN ACT relating to travel expenses for state officers and employees; amending lodging and meal expense reimbursement for state officers and employees traveling on official business of the state; eliminating a reporting requirement; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1.

W.S. 9
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102(a)(intro) is amended to read:

9
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102.

Meal allowance; actual expenses; exceptions.

(a)

Unless otherwise provided by law, when any state officer or employee is required to travel on overnight trips for official business of the state, he is entitled to receive in addition to transportation expenses as provided by W.S. 9
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103, lodging expenses, an allowance for meals and incidental expenses and other reimbursable expenses. The lodging and meal and incidental expense allowance
shall be based on
shall be as determined by the governor for the state and by the governing body of any other entity using the state rate for that entity
, but shall not exceed
,
the published federal travel regulation rates in effect
on April 1, 2005
at the time of travel
.
Not later than November 1 of each year the state auditor shall submit to the joint appropriations interim committee a report of the current federal travel rates, together with a recommendation for the maintenance, increase or decrease in travel expenses for state agencies.
The meal and incidental expense allowance shall be computed so as to pay seventy-five percent (75%) of the destination rate on the day of departure, one hundred percent (100%) on all interim days of official travel and seventy-five percent (75%) of the previous day's rate on the day of return. Lodging expenses shall be reimbursed up to the amount prescribed in the federal travel regulation as provided in this subsection. The head of the respective agency may approve lodging expenses in excess of the published rate. In addition:

Section 2.

This act is effective April 1, 2006.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the Senate.

Chief Clerk

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