A per diem in an amount authorized by the federal Government Services Administration (GSA) in its Federal Travel Regulation (FTR) 42 C.F.R. Section 300-1.1 et seq. and as updated in its FTR Bulletins is authorized while in travel status.  In computing per diem reimbursement a day shall be a calendar day.  The first and last days of travel shall be paid at a rate of seventy-five percent (75%) of the full-day per diem.  Provided, however, that no per diem shall be made for periods which do not include overnight status.  If meals and lodging at a meeting, workshop, conference or other object of travel are furnished as a "package plan", reimbursement may be made, based upon a receipt, but at a daily rate of not to exceed the total daily rate provided in this act.

Historical Data

Laws 1972, HB 1695, c. 123, § 8, emerg. eff. July 1, 1972; Amended by Laws 1974, SB 518, c. 90, § 3, emerg. eff. July 1, 1974; Amended by Laws 1976, HB 1805, c. 173, § 2, emerg. eff. July 1, 1976; Amended by Laws 1979, HB 1377, c. 239, § 2, emerg. eff. July 1, 1979; Amended by Laws 1982, HB 1527, c. 147, § 8, emerg. eff. April 12, 1982; Amended by Laws 1984, SB 527, c. 166, § 8, emerg. eff. July 1, 1984; Amended by Laws 1985, SB 243, c. 7, § 4, emerg. eff. July 1, 1985; Amended by Laws 1990, SB 781, c. 264, § 56, emerg. eff. July 1, 1990; Amended by Laws 1992, SB 805, c. 219, § 2, eff. September 1, 1992; Amended by Laws 1995, SB 547, c. 335, § 3, eff. November 1, 1995; Amended by Laws 2001, HB 1070, c. 232, § 1, emerg. eff. July 1, 2001 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 2022, HB 4188, c. 63, § 4, eff. November 1, 2022 (superseded document available).