Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

OFFICE OF THE A'ITORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN Bonorable 0. U. Tiletex8e state Fdr Bui.lWB Fort YOlwl,Tesas DearBr. Bobh3onr of date July sor X941, pm- r 812O#ai~n f'iwntbio Dqmrt- lJerndtt%d S%Xt%S? pthz so, whet is the allovosoe per ndle, or any other statute of the stata of APttCl6 4674 of the Revised fU.rilStatutes is as s0110us: ‘00nPmsAT1QIP MD BxPsB~8~Eaeh am&or of -theboard shall woaire Sor his eenieea tendollars adny and necesearytr6;ntllnb;aad indbeotal expense8 wkl.leaotually sngagod in the6erTlaeofthebm. me&mretsryshlu reeelw llirneosasary cqJ%Meo for serTloee aatually perfomiad for the board. ill p-bit- iag, postage and other bon oat oxpm808, xmoasoarily iaaurred in adza at%rlAg this law shall be paid from tha fees rsoeimd by theboard, Bad allexpemes shallbsifemtneb, wrified, audited and an aooouat kept theroof by the eearetaryof thebosml, who shall psy the txwa Out of said f 88s whioh aoorue to it .. ; Ye aaswer your questl.oasas ~ollorrs~ .(I) The aamber is entitle4 to reaslw for his tporvlees$Zo,.oOsdey Malls astwlly umgagedlathe eerrioe Idi the Board. The iaemloe of the mimibarboglaa 038the dq he a&uallylearesbis how, or g&ass of reoidenee,ior the bono fide gurposs OS attsxxU.ng the BoPrd~e zmstimgs. l3m ttpu,thus expemdedbythen#a8~~in going to or returning froath~Bomdmeetl.m@ifss t lu tha aemloe8 of tho wmrdmrd; mwh 80 ae is the ttit ~trtrllyspsntlnBesrd Xn this 0oaneeELon the law ltame a0 parts of days, fmcisuch member io emtltlsd to the full sum of 10.00 for each day on wh%ch he h8s b%oA in the servioes of t.b e Board, whether the same be the et&ire dq, a malor fmmtion 0f.a day, or a aiaor flwotion of wth dey. This dqxirtment heI& ia Opinfoa Bo. @-W,w, od- dressed to JXonorab1.o V. Lee O*Danlel, W~wnor of Texas, fhotr *Where a statute f3.23~sn offloer*s ~ompen- sation at a wwtain sum per &3ty, such off%ocw, p%l'fOrndng fuv 6UbStRAtid. BWK%GO Qn 8 ~tiOU- lar day,has a Pightto wsdre his per diem cow pensation for that dayI raS&ess of the longtb Ronorabls C. IL Robinson - page 3 of time required r0r the periormsnss of ths servlae or duty." For this holding M oltsd State 0. Hum (Wash.) 172 Pas. 1147, 1A. L. R. 274 and note. (2) ala '(3)Artisle 1674, supra, dirssts thst %soh nmber of the bwrd shall rsoslr~s. , . noosssary tra~sling and lnsld'entalexpenseswhile as-y sagagad in ths servlos of the board.* You stat& thikismbsrs are reimbursedror their bus or rsllroad irrss wheg using this mnde of transportation. We~belisvegush a praotlos to bS propsr* In tmns lnstanoes,It may bl,mors'f~~lbls for,a msmbtikto use his'own automoblls In &olng to or.fran meetings or attending to other 0rfmSl btWM~3 4f~ths board. The ~Leglslaturehas long rsoognlee~d t&6 $ eiblllty oi~automobilss.+?&amsans OS tr@spertatim by 8 trte ofti- olals and smployess on their offlolalbuainees), in sbmi~ lnitanossprovidingstats-ownedautaPlobiJss, a.&.ln others authoriringthiuse, of,prlvateautomcfbl@s a&U provldlng for .$. rsfmburssmnt lor'ths -sxpsnsssof the&r UuC tihlJ.s .05 stats ','j business. Us flindd rider inthe DspartmsMial~appropslatlon ,: " bill (S. B, Nor 423) @ass.sdby the 47th &s&slsturs (nb.%h ddsr has appears6 In.ths rdosdlng approprlatlsak&la s dss for rs~wrr4splent of. .sxpenaa~ for many years) whleh.priory ,: ~lnaurredby %ats empl~,ysss when using thslr &XI auto8obilss in traveling on Stats.bkslness upon the roLlsting baslsi nUnloss~o&mvlse speol~iaallf prsrtbsd by ths statutsa, If is provldsd that a.nyoffiabr 6r ,I smploysswho travtiXson offlolal,Statsbusiness end who usss his own oar uhils so delag crhallbs rsimbursedfor t&s use of sa%d oar OD.ths b&a&i of the total.mileage traveled during any salsndar month at the iollowlng ratst Five se&s (B#) a mile for the first thousand laileetraVeled, four osnts (4#) a mile for the sssond fwusand mllss traveled, and tUee oents (3#) a m5Je for the third thousandmiles traveled, and two oente,(2#) a mile for &aoh mile traveled in sxbe~s of three thousandmilesrw While It doe& not exprssaly ss state, ths above rider olearly aontsmplatesthat the sms provLdsd shall inslude not ~onorebla C. H. Robinson - page 4 only the cost of gasoline and oil aotually conBurned, but also reimbursement i’or the depreciation on the automobile oocasioned by suoh travel. 05 .Since S. 3. 423, of which the above c&otei rider is a part, does not inolude an appropriation to the Texas State hoard of Chiropody Examiners, the rider would not be oontrolling as to erpenditurae of your board, We quote the rider only by way of illustration to ehow that the Legislature has regarded depreciation personal euto- mobilea as a proper item of traveling expense. Ue believe th8refOre, that it would be proper for your board to adopt a regulation along the llries of the above quoted rider (tiwugh not necessarily ldentioal therewith) in order to provide a reasonable basis for reimbursing members of the board for traveling expsnaes when they use their.own ,automobilas on trips involving the official buSIns OS the board. Poura very .truly AlToRhrX GEiuZ&UOP TEXAS FIRST ASSISTANT ATTORb;mG-L WR?S:FCKJ