Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
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11 The Committee on Governmental Oversight and Productivity
12 (Lawson) recommended the following amendment:
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14 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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18 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1), paragraphs
19 (e) and (g) of subsection (3), subsection (6), paragraph (d)
20 of subsection (7), and subsection (11) of section 112.061,
21 Florida Statutes, are amended, and subsection (15) is added to
22 that section, to read:
23 112.061 Per diem and travel expenses of public
24 officers, employees, and authorized persons.--
25 (1) LEGISLATIVE INTENT.--There are inequities,
26 conflicts, inconsistencies, and lapses in the numerous laws
27 regulating or attempting to regulate travel expenses of public
28 officers, employees, and authorized persons in the state. It
29 is the intent of the Legislature:
30 (a) To remedy same and to establish uniform travel
31 reimbursement rates for state agencies, maximum travel
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1 reimbursement rates for nonstate public agencies, and
2 limitations for all public agencies, with certain justifiable
3 exceptions, applicable to all authorized travelers public
4 officers, employees, and authorized persons whose travel
5 expenses are paid by a public agency.
6 (3) AUTHORITY TO INCUR TRAVEL EXPENSES.--
7 (e) The agency head, or a designated representative,
8 may pay by advancement or reimbursement, or a combination
9 thereof, the costs of per diem of travelers and authorized
10 persons for foreign travel at the current rates as specified
11 in the federal publication "Standardized Regulations
12 (Government Civilians, Foreign Areas)" and incidental expenses
13 as provided in this section.
14 (g) The secretary of the Department of Health or a
15 designee may authorize travel expenses incidental to the
16 rendering of medical services for and on behalf of clients of
17 the Department of Health. The Department of Health may
18 establish rates lower than the rate maximum provided in this
19 section for these travel expenses.
20 (6) RATES OF PER DIEM AND SUBSISTENCE ALLOWANCE.--For
21 purposes of reimbursement rates and methods of calculation,
22 per diem and subsistence allowances are provided as follows
23 divided into the following groups and rates:
24 (a) All travelers shall be allowed for subsistence
25 when traveling to a convention or conference or when traveling
26 within or outside the state in order to conduct bona fide
27 state business, which convention, conference, or business
28 serves a direct and lawful public purpose with relation to the
29 public agency served by the person attending such meeting or
30 conducting such business, either of the following for each day
31 of such travel at the option of the traveler:
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1 1. For fiscal year 2005-2006, the rate of per diem
2 shall be $90 and shall be adjusted annually thereafter
3 pursuant to subsection (15); however, in no case may the
4 state-established per diem rate exceed the standard federal
5 per diem rate for the continental United States Fifty dollars
6 per diem; or
7 2. If actual expenses exceed the amount permitted in
8 subparagraph 1. $50, the amounts permitted in paragraph (b)
9 for subsistence meals, plus actual expenses for lodging at a
10 single-occupancy rate to be substantiated by paid bills
11 therefor.
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13 When lodging or meals are provided at a state institution, the
14 traveler shall be reimbursed only for the actual expenses of
15 such lodging or meals, not to exceed the maximum provided for
16 in this subsection.
17 (b) All travelers shall be allowed the following
18 amounts for subsistence while on Class C travel on official
19 business as provided in paragraph (5)(b):
20 1. Breakfast. State travelers and nonstate travelers
21 are allowed $5 for fiscal year 2005-2006 and thereafter as
22 adjusted annually pursuant to subsection (15). $3
23 2. Lunch. State travelers and nonstate travelers are
24 allowed $11 for fiscal year 2005-2006 and thereafter as
25 adjusted annually pursuant to subsection (15). $6
26 3. Dinner. State travelers and nonstate travelers are
27 allowed $23 for fiscal year 2005-2006 and thereafter as
28 adjusted annually pursuant to subsection (15). $12
29 (c) No one, whether traveling out of state or in
30 state, shall be reimbursed for any meal or lodging included in
31 a convention or conference registration fee paid by the state.
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1 (d) For the 2004-2005 fiscal year only and
2 notwithstanding the other provisions of this subsection, for
3 Class C travel, a state traveler shall not be reimbursed on a
4 per diem basis nor shall a traveler receive subsistence
5 allowance. This paragraph expires July 1, 2005.
6 (7) TRANSPORTATION.--
7 (d)1. The use of privately owned vehicles for official
8 travel in lieu of publicly owned vehicles or common carriers
9 may be authorized by the agency head or his or her designee.
10 Whenever travel is by privately owned vehicle:
11 a. A state, the traveler shall be entitled to a
12 mileage allowance at a fixed rate of 38 25 cents per mile;
13 b. A nonstate traveler shall be entitled to a mileage
14 allowance of 38 for state fiscal year 1994-1995 and 29 cents
15 per mile; or
16 c. The traveler shall be entitled to thereafter or the
17 common carrier fare for such travel, if as determined by the
18 agency head to be more economical.
19 2. Reimbursement for expenditures related to the
20 operation, maintenance, and ownership of a vehicle shall not
21 be allowed when privately owned vehicles are used on public
22 business and reimbursement is made pursuant to this paragraph,
23 except as provided in subsection (8).
24 3.2. All mileage shall be shown from point of origin
25 to point of destination and, when possible, shall be computed
26 on the basis of the current map of the Department of
27 Transportation. Vicinity mileage necessary for the conduct of
28 official business is allowable but must be shown as a separate
29 item on the expense voucher.
30 (11) TRAVEL AUTHORIZATION AND VOUCHER FORMS.--
31 (a) Authorization forms.--The Department of Financial
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1 Services shall furnish a uniform travel authorization request
2 form which shall be used by all state officers, and employees,
3 and authorized persons when requesting approval for the
4 performance of travel to a convention or conference. The form
5 shall include, but not be limited to, provision for the name
6 of each traveler, purpose of travel, period of travel,
7 estimated cost to the state, and a statement of benefits
8 accruing to the state by virtue of such travel. A copy of the
9 program or agenda of the convention or conference, itemizing
10 registration fees and any meals or lodging included in the
11 registration fee, shall be attached to, and filed with, the
12 copy of the travel authorization request form on file with the
13 agency. The form shall be signed by the traveler and by the
14 traveler's supervisor stating that the travel is to be
15 incurred in connection with official business of the state.
16 The head of the agency or his or her designated representative
17 shall not authorize or approve such request in the absence of
18 the appropriate signatures. A copy of the travel authorization
19 form shall be attached to, and become a part of, the support
20 of the agency's copy of the travel voucher.
21 (b) Voucher forms.--
22 1. The Department of Financial Services shall furnish
23 a uniform travel voucher form which shall be used by all state
24 officers, and employees, and authorized persons when
25 submitting travel expense statements for approval and payment.
26 No travel expense statement shall be approved for payment by
27 the Chief Financial Officer unless made on the form prescribed
28 and furnished by the department. The travel voucher form shall
29 provide for, among other things, the purpose of the official
30 travel and a certification or affirmation, to be signed by the
31 traveler, indicating the truth and correctness of the claim in
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1 every material matter, that the travel expenses were actually
2 incurred by the traveler as necessary in the performance of
3 official duties, that per diem claimed has been appropriately
4 reduced for any meals or lodging included in the convention or
5 conference registration fees claimed by the traveler, and that
6 the voucher conforms in every respect with the requirements of
7 this section. The original copy of the executed uniform travel
8 authorization request form shall be attached to the uniform
9 travel voucher on file with the respective agency.
10 2. Statements for travel expenses incidental to the
11 rendering of medical services for and on behalf of clients of
12 the Department of Health shall be on forms approved by the
13 Department of Financial Services.
14 (15) STATE TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENT RATES AND
15 ADJUSTMENTS.--On or before June 30, 2006, and annually
16 thereafter, the Chief Financial Officer shall establish and
17 publish the uniform subsistence amounts and per diem rates
18 applicable for the next fiscal year, adjusted to reflect the
19 percentage change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban
20 Consumers, U.S. City Average since June 1, 2004. However, the
21 per diem rate may not exceed the standard federal per diem
22 rate for the continental United States as published by the
23 General Services Administration for the applicable year.
24 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2005.
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31 And the title is amended as follows:
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1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to per diem and travel
3 expenses; amending s. 112.061, F.S.;
4 establishing per diem, subsistence, and mileage
5 rates for travel expenses of public employees;
6 conforming provisions and deleting obsolete
7 provisions; providing for future adjustments of
8 such rates; providing an effective date.
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