HB 0631 2003
1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to Escambia County; authorizing the
3	adoption of the schedule of rates of per diem and
4	subsistence allowances, transportation expenses, and other
5	expenses established by the United States Government for
6	official county travel; providing for resolution of
7	conflicts with state statutory reimbursement rates;
8	providing applicability; providing an effective date.
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10	WHEREAS, there have been substantial increases over the
11	years in the costs for housing, food, and transportation
12	incurred by Escambia County employees while traveling on
13	official county business such that employees now are forced to
14	expend their private funds for such travel, which cannot be
15	reimbursed under the current provisions of section 112.061,
16	Florida Statutes, and
17	WHEREAS, it is in the equitable interests of its employee
18	travelers that the Board of County Commissioners of Escambia
19	County be authorized to adopt the schedule of rates of per diem
20	and subsistence allowances, transportation expenses, and other
21	expenses currently provided by the United States Government for
22	federal employee travel, NOW, THEREFORE,
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24	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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26	Section 1. The Board of County Commissioners of Escambia
27	County is hereby authorized to adopt, by ordinance, the schedule
28	of rates of per diem and subsistence allowances, transportation
29	expenses, and other expenses paid by the United States
30	Government to federal employee travelers.
31	Section 2. To the extent such federal rate amounts
32	conflict with section 112.061(6), (7), and (8), Florida
33	Statutes, any and all departments, offices, and agencies of the
34	Board of County Commissioners of Escambia County shall be
35	permitted to reimburse at the current reimbursement rate amounts
36	of the United States Government.
37	Section 3. All other provisions of section 112.061,
38	Florida Statutes, shall remain applicable to the Board of County
39	Commissioners of Escambia County.
40	Section 4. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.