38-623. Means of travel; rates
A. Travel by air, railroad or motor vehicle is permitted. Railroad sleeping
accommodations shall be considered as transportation, and the cost of railroad sleeping
accommodations may be allowed each person traveling. Private conveyance may be allowed
for travel inside and outside this state by way of the most direct regularly traveled
route computed by highway map or odometer reading when traveling by motor vehicle, or if
by airplane, by the most direct air mileage route listed by the civil aeronautics
board. Expenses for transportation by private conveyances used for travel outside this
state shall be reimbursed at the lesser of either the rate set by the department of
administration or air coach fare to the same destination. Travel by rented or chartered
motor vehicle or airplane shall be paid at the cost of the travel.
B. When a private conveyance is used outside this state, a transportation expense
shall not be allowed as provided for in subsection A, unless authority is delegated in
writing by the director of the department of administration, or in the case of a
university employee, by the president of the respective university, if the authority is
delegated by the governor, or unless otherwise provided by law.
C. When one or more officers, employees or other public agents traveling on
official business are transported in the same private conveyance, one mileage only may be
allowed.
D. The department of administration shall set rates of reimbursement for state
travel by motor vehicle and by airplane as provided in this section. In setting the
rates the department of administration shall consider amounts established by the United
States internal revenue service as acceptable for income tax purposes without further
documentation. No increase or decrease from the current rate established by the
department of administration shall be effective until approved by the joint legislative
budget committee.
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