Senate Bill sb0622
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Florida Senate - 2003 SB 622
By Senator Miller
18-255-03
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to per diem and travel
3 expenses; amending s. 112.061, F.S.; increasing
4 per diem and subsistence amounts for persons
5 traveling for public purposes; providing an
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8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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10 Section 1. Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (6) of
11 section 112.061, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
12 112.061 Per diem and travel expenses of public
13 officers, employees, and authorized persons.--
14 (6) RATES OF PER DIEM AND SUBSISTENCE ALLOWANCE.--For
15 purposes of reimbursement rates and methods of calculation,
16 per diem and subsistence allowances are divided into the
17 following groups and rates:
18 (a) All travelers shall be allowed for subsistence
19 when traveling to a convention or conference or when traveling
20 within or outside the state in order to conduct bona fide
21 state business, which convention, conference, or business
22 serves a direct and lawful public purpose with relation to the
23 public agency served by the person attending such meeting or
24 conducting such business, either of the following for each day
25 of such travel at the option of the traveler:
26 1. Sixty Fifty dollars per diem; or
27 2. If actual expenses exceed $60 $50, the amounts
28 permitted in paragraph (b) for meals and miscellaneous
29 expenses such as, but not limited to, tolls, phone calls, and
30 tips, plus actual expenses for lodging at a single-occupancy
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2 When lodging or meals are provided at a state institution, the
3 traveler shall be reimbursed only for the actual expenses of
4 such lodging or meals, not to exceed the maximum provided for
5 in this subsection.
6 (b) All travelers shall be allowed the following
7 amounts for subsistence while on Class C travel on official
8 business as provided in paragraph (5)(b):
9 1. Breakfast.....................................$6 $3
10 2. Lunch........................................$12 $6
11 3. Dinner......................................$18 $12
12 4. Miscellaneous (per day)..........................$2
13 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2003.
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16 SENATE SUMMARY
17 Increases the travel per diem for public officers and
employees from $50 to $60 and increases the subsistence
18 amount for breakfast from $3 to $6, for lunch from $6 to
$12, and for dinner from $12 to $18. Provides for daily
19 compensation of $2 for miscellaneous expenses of
travelers collecting the subsistence allowance.
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