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
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