HB 695

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

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