| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to travel expenses; amending s. 112.061, |
| 3 | F.S.; establishing mileage rates for travel expenses for |
| 4 | certain correctional probation officers; providing an |
| 5 | effective date. |
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| 7 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 9 | Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subsection (7) of section |
| 10 | 112.061, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 11 | 112.061 Per diem and travel expenses of public officers, |
| 12 | employees, and authorized persons.-- |
| 13 | (7) TRANSPORTATION.-- |
| 14 | (d)1. The use of privately owned vehicles for official |
| 15 | travel in lieu of publicly owned vehicles or common carriers may |
| 16 | be authorized by the agency head or his or her designee. |
| 17 | Whenever travel is by privately owned vehicle, the traveler |
| 18 | shall be entitled to a mileage allowance at a fixed rate of 25 |
| 19 | cents per mile for state fiscal year 1994-1995 and 29 cents per |
| 20 | mile thereafter or the common carrier fare for such travel, as |
| 21 | determined by the agency head. Reimbursement for expenditures |
| 22 | related to the operation, maintenance, and ownership of a |
| 23 | vehicle shall not be allowed when privately owned vehicles are |
| 24 | used on public business and reimbursement is made pursuant to |
| 25 | this paragraph, except as provided in subsection (8). |
| 26 | Notwithstanding any other provisions of this subparagraph, when |
| 27 | travel is by privately owned vehicle and the traveler is a |
| 28 | correctional probation officer, as defined in s. 943.10(3), who |
| 29 | is engaged in a law enforcement or correctional duty, the |
| 30 | officer shall be entitled to the mileage allowance equal to the |
| 31 | business standard mileage rate as set by the Internal Revenue |
| 32 | Service for the calendar year in which the official travel |
| 33 | occurs. |
| 34 | 2. All mileage shall be shown from point of origin to |
| 35 | point of destination and, when possible, shall be computed on |
| 36 | the basis of the current map of the Department of |
| 37 | Transportation. Vicinity mileage necessary for the conduct of |
| 38 | official business is allowable but must be shown as a separate |
| 39 | item on the expense voucher. |
| 40 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2006. |