Sec. 660.113. RESTRICTED REIMBURSEMENTS. (a) A state agency may not reimburse a state employee for a lodging expense incurred at a place that is not a commercial lodging establishment.
(b) A state agency may not reimburse a state employee for a meal or lodging expense the employee incurs while traveling outside the employee's designated headquarters for less than six consecutive hours unless the employee is a chief administrator of a state agency or the travel provisions of the General Appropriations Act authorize the reimbursement.
(c) A state agency may not reimburse a state employee for a meal expense incurred within the employee's designated headquarters unless the expense is:
(1) mandatory; and
(2) connected with training, a seminar, or a conference.
(d) A state agency may reimburse a state employee for a meal expense incurred while traveling without an overnight stay away from the employee's designated headquarters only if the chief administrator of the agency authorizes the reimbursement.
(e) A state agency may not reimburse a state employee for the purchase of an alcoholic beverage, unless the employee is a peace officer who purchased the beverage as a purchase of evidence in an administrative or criminal case.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1300, Sec. 10, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees
Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees
Subchapter F. Meal, Lodging, and Incidental Expenses
Section 660.111. Reimbursement Requirement
Section 660.112. Amount of Reimbursement
Section 660.113. Restricted Reimbursements
Section 660.114. Direct Payments to Commercial Lodging Establishments
Section 660.116. Hotel Occupancy and Similar Taxes