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1	1	H.B. No. 605
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4	4	AN ACT
5	5	relating to mileage reimbursement for state employees.
6	6	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
7	7	SECTION 1. Sections 660.043(a), (b), and (c), Government
8	8	Code, are amended to read as follows:
9	9	(a) The number of miles traveled that are eligible for
10	10	reimbursement under this subchapter may not exceed the number of
11	11	miles of the most cost-effective reasonably safe route between the
12	12	origin of the state employee's travel and the final duty point of
13	13	the state employee. If a state employee conducts official state
14	14	business at duty points between the origin of the state employee's
15	15	travel and the final duty point, the most cost-effective reasonably
16	16	safe route between the origin and the final duty point shall include
17	17	the intermediate duty points.
18	18	(b) In determining the most cost-effective reasonably safe
19	19	route for purposes [For the purpose] of Subsection (a), a state
20	20	agency may consider:
21	21	(1) the route that provides the shortest distance
22	22	[route] between the origin of the state employee's travel and the
23	23	final duty point;
24	24	(2) the route that provides the quickest drive time
25	25	between the origin of the state employee's travel and the final duty
26	26	point; and
27	27	(3) the route that provides the safest road conditions
28	28	between the origin of the state employee's travel and the final duty
29	29	point [two points is presumed to be the most cost-effective route.
30	30	A longer route may be considered the most cost-effective route only
31	31	if:
32	32	[(1) the voucher states that the longer route is more
33	33	cost effective;
34	34	[(2) the voucher provides a reasonable justification
35	35	for that statement; and
36	36	[(3) the statement and justification are made by the
37	37	chief administrator of the state agency making the reimbursement or
38	38	by the chief administrator's designee].
39	39	(c) The number of miles traveled that are eligible for
40	40	reimbursement under this subchapter may be determined by an
41	41	employee's vehicle odometer reading or by a readily available
42	42	electronic mapping service [comptroller shall periodically issue
43	43	and update a mileage guide that includes a chart showing the number
44	44	of miles for the shortest route between points. The guide also may
45	45	include a chart showing the number of miles for longer routes
46	46	between points. Farm-to-market and ranch-to-market roads shall be
47	47	considered when determining the routings between points in this
48	48	state. The guide may be electronic or printed, or both].
49	49	SECTION 2. Section 660.202(c), Government Code, is amended
50	50	to read as follows:
51	51	(c) A member of the legislature is entitled to be reimbursed
52	52	for the member's use of personally owned or leased motor vehicles
53	53	and the use of rented or public conveyances at the same rate as is
54	54	provided in the General Appropriations Act for state employees,
55	55	except that the member may only receive mileage reimbursement for
56	56	the most cost-effective route between the origin of the member's
57	57	travel and the final duty point.
58	58	SECTION 3. Section 660.043(d), Government Code, is
59	59	repealed.
60	60	SECTION 4. Section 660.043, Government Code, as amended by
61	61	this Act, applies only to the determination of reimbursable mileage
62	62	for state employee travel occurring on or after January 1, 2010.
63	63	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
64	64	______________________________ ______________________________
65	65	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
66	66	I certify that H.B. No. 605 was passed by the House on March
67	67	26, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 2 present, not
68	68	voting.
69	69	______________________________
70	70	Chief Clerk of the House
71	71	I certify that H.B. No. 605 was passed by the Senate on May
72	72	22, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.
73	73	______________________________
74	74	Secretary of the Senate
75	75	APPROVED: _____________________
76	76	Date
77	77	_____________________
78	78	Governor