1-1 By: Maxey (Senate Sponsor - Barrientos) H.B. No. 1924
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 10, 1995;
1-3 May 11, 1995, read first time and referred to Committee on State
1-4 Affairs; May 22, 1995, reported favorably by the following vote:
1-5 Yeas 11, Nays 0; May 22, 1995, sent to printer.)
1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-7 AN ACT
1-8 relating to the state mileage guide adopted by the comptroller.
1-9 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-10 SECTION 1. Section 660.053, Government Code, is amended to
1-11 read as follows:
1-12 Sec. 660.053. DETERMINATION OF MILEAGE FOR TRAVEL BY
1-13 PERSONAL CAR. (a) In determining the amount of a reimbursement or
1-14 advance payment for travel by privately owned car in the state, the
1-15 comptroller shall:
1-16 (1) compute all distances according to the shortest
1-17 route between points;
1-18 (2) adopt a mileage guide that is available both
1-19 electronically and in a printed version that includes information
1-20 on <a chart of> distances and provides <showing> the shortest route
1-21 between points in the state, including any farm-to-market road; and
1-22 (3) update <annually reissue> the mileage guide as
1-23 necessary.
1-24 (b) The comptroller shall encourage use of the electronic
1-25 mileage guide. The comptroller may prescribe the circumstances
1-26 under which a state agency may rely on the printed mileage guide.
1-27 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995.
1-28 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
1-29 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-30 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-31 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-32 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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