                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

REIMBURSEMENT FOR CERTAIN TRAVEL EXPENDITURES; RESTRICTIONS ON REIMBURSEMENT (§
2.2-2825)

Persons conducting official business of the Commonwealth shall be reimbursed for
their reasonable and necessary travel expenditures that shall include
transportation as provided in § 2.2-2823, parking, and lodging. Receipts for
lodging and transportation, if by other than privately owned automobile or
state-owned vehicle, shall be submitted with any travel expense account
presented to the Comptroller for payment. Transportation by common carrier shall
be limited to the cost for travel by the most direct and practical route, and in
amounts not exceeding those for tourist or coach class accommodations, if such
accommodations are available. Travel shall be over the most direct and practical
route. Reimbursement for the cost of transportation shall not be certified to
the Comptroller for payment by state agencies in excess of the reimbursement
allowed in § 2.2-2823 except in an emergency or, when in the interest of the
Commonwealth, a greater expense is justified, the facts in each such instance to
be stated in the expense account.
		Persons conducting official business of the Commonwealth shall be reimbursed
for the reasonable and necessary actual costs of meals, gratuities, and other
incidental expenses. At the discretion of the governing authority, a per diem
payment may be made in lieu of this reimbursement for meals, gratuities, and
other incidental expenses.
		The Comptroller shall establish policies on travel expenses for all agencies
in the executive branch of state government. Policies on travel expenses for the
legislative branch, judicial branch, and independent agencies shall be
established by the appropriate governing authority.

HISTORY: 1954, c. 709, § 14-5.1; 1964, c. 386, § 14.1-6; 1977, c. 493, §
14.1-5.2; 1995, c. 358; 1998, c. 872, § 2.1-20.10; 2001, c. 844.