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House Bill 605 |
House Author: Farabee et al. |
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Effective: 9-1-09 |
Senate Sponsor: Estes |
House Bill 605 amends the Government Code to include, as a factor in the determination of reimbursable mileage for a state employee's use of a personally owned or leased motor vehicle, the consideration of not only whether a travel route is cost-effective but whether it is reasonably safe. The bill establishes criteria that a state agency may consider in determining the most cost-effective reasonably safe route and removes language stating that the shortest route between two points is considered to be the most cost-effective route. Mileage under the bill may be determined by an employee's vehicle odometer reading or by a readily available electronic mapping service. The bill removes the requirement that the comptroller of public accounts periodically issue and update a mileage guide with a chart showing the number of miles for the shortest route between points. The bill establishes that a legislator's mileage reimbursement for the use of a personally owned or leased motor vehicle or the use of a rented or public conveyance is restricted to the most cost-effective route between the origin of the legislator's travel and the final duty point.