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2006 Special Session I

Budget Amendments - HB5002 (Conference Report)

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Mileage Reimbursement Rate (language only)

Item 4-5.04 #1c

Item 4-5.04 #1c

Special Conditions and Restrictions on Expenditures
Good and Services

Language
Page 509, line 18, strike "the rate of 32.5 cents per mile" and insert:
"an amount equal to the most recent business standard mileage rate as established by the Internal Revenue Service for employees or self-employed individuals to use in computing their income tax deductible costs for operating passenger vehicles owned or leased by them for business purposes."


Explanation
(This amendment establishes the most recent IRS allowable reimbursement rate as the commonwealth's reimbursement rate for the use of a personal vehicle on state business. A companion amendment to Item 462 provides $1.9 million from the general fund and $2.9 million from nongeneral funds the first year and $1.9 million from the general fund and $2.9 million from nongeneral funds the second year to increase the reimbursement rate for use of a personal vehicle on State business from the current $0.325 per mile to the IRS allowed rate of $0.445 per mile.)