General and Special Laws of The State of Texas Passed By The Second, Third and Fourth Called Sessions of the Sixty-Second Legislature and the Regular Session of the Sixty-Third Legislature Page: 277
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APPROPRIATIONS---GENERAL ACT
The rate of reimbursement for any employee for whom funds are appropriated in
this Act, for air transportation shall be the lowest available airline fare unless the
lowest available airline fare is not available. This allowance shall not include
federal taxes from which the employee and the State Government are legally ex-
empt. Payment of said transportation allowance may be made b)y either of the
following methods, upon selection by the executive head of the employing State de-
partment or agency in advance of authorized official travel:
(1) Where the employee pays for public transportation from his personal funds,
receipts for such necessary transportation, excluding receipts for bus, taxi or limou-
sine fares, shall be obtained and attached to the empl)loyee's expense account when
submitted. Receipts as used in this l)rovision shall be evidence that transportation
was purchased.
(2) Executive heads of State departments and agencies may request commercial
transportation companies to furnish required transportation for official business to
designated officials and employees of such departmentss and agencies, upon the pres-
entation to cooperating transportation companies of transportation requests approv-
ed by the head of the department or agency requesting such transportation. The
transportation request shall specify the class of transportation authorized.
The cost of such transportation services shall be billed monthly to the respective
departments and agencies, and paid by the Comptroller upon the submission of a
purchase voucher showing the detail of such furnished transportation and the ap-
I)roval by the respective department or agency.
To facilitate auditing and verification of such charges, transportation companies
shall list on their billing the point of origin and point of destination of each trip
and shall also show the tax of the fare charged. The State department or agency
shall attach to each account a complete statement setting out in detail why each
trip listed was necessary in the operation and maintenance of that department or
agency.
c. No claim for public transportation will be paid unless it is in compliance with
this Section.
Sec. 13. PER DIEM ALLOWANCE. None of the moneys appropriated by this
Act for travel expenses may be expended for reimbursing the cost of meals, lodg-
ing, or subsistence expenses incurred in official travel except in compliance with
the following conditions, and limitations:
a. Rates of Allowance. Each employee who travels on State business which
does not require travel outside the boundaries of the State of Texas shall be al-
lowed, in lieu of actual expenses incurred for meals and lodging, a flat per diem
rate not to exceed Sixteen I)ollars ($16).
Each employee traveling on State business outside of the boundaries of the State
of Texas shall receive reimbursement for the actual cost of meals, lodging and air-
port parking fees, not to exceed Thirty-five Dollars ($35.00) per day. When both
in-state and out-of-state travel occur in the same calendar (lay, the rate of travel
allowance for all travel in that day shall be in an amount not to exceed Thirty-five
Dollars ($35.00) per day.
b. Day defined. In computing the rates of per diem allowance in lieu of sub-
sistence for continuous travel of more than twenty-four (24) hours, the calendar day
(midnight to midnight) will be the unit, and for fractional parts of a day at the
commencement or ending of such continuous travel, constituting a travel period,
one-fourth (1/4) of the rate for a calendar day will be allowed for each period of
six (6) hours or fraction thereof. A fraction of a per diem period is defined to be
two (2) hours or more. The four (4) parts of the calendar day for in or out-of-state
travel shall be as follows:
(1) 12:01 a. m. to 6:00 a. m. (2) 6:01 a. m. to 12:00 a. m.
(3) 12:01 p. m. to 6:00 p. m. (4) 6:01 p. m. to 12:00 p. m.
For continuous travel of less than twenty-four (24) hours, constituting a travel
period which requires the securing of lodging, such period will be regarded as com-
mencing with the beginning of the travel and ending with the completion thereof,
and the per diem allowance shall be calculated in the same manner prescribed in
the preceding paragraph.
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Texas. Legislature. General and Special Laws of The State of Texas Passed By The Second, Third and Fourth Called Sessions of the Sixty-Second Legislature and the Regular Session of the Sixty-Third Legislature, legislative document, 1973; [Austin, Texas]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth221792/m1/355/?q=waco+tornado: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.