DETERMINATION OF REIMBURSABLE MILEAGE.

(a) The number of miles traveled that are eligible for reimbursement under this subchapter may not exceed the number of miles of the most cost-effective reasonably safe route between the origin of the state employee's travel and the final duty point of the state employee. If a state employee conducts official state business at duty points between the origin of the state employee's travel and the final duty point, the most cost-effective reasonably safe route between the origin and the final duty point shall include the intermediate duty points.

Text of subsection as amended by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 317 (H.B. 605), Sec. 1

(b) In determining the most cost-effective reasonably safe route for purposes of Subsection (a), a state agency may consider:

(1) the route that provides the shortest distance between the origin of the state employee's travel and the final duty point;

(2) the route that provides the quickest drive time between the origin of the state employee's travel and the final duty point; and

(3) the route that provides the safest road conditions between the origin of the state employee's travel and the final duty point.

Text of subsection as amended by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1367 (S.B. 745), Sec. 4

(b) For the purpose of Subsection (a), the shortest route between two points is presumed to be the most cost-effective route. A longer route may be considered the most cost-effective route only if:

(1) the documentation states that the longer route is more cost effective;

(2) the documentation provides a reasonable justification for that statement; and

(3) the statement and justification are made by the chief administrator of the state agency making the reimbursement or by the chief administrator's designee.

(c) The number of miles traveled that are eligible for reimbursement under this subchapter may be determined by an employee's vehicle odometer reading or by a readily available electronic mapping service.

Without reference to the amendment of this subsection, this subsection was repealed by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 317 (H.B. 605), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2009.

(d) If the number of miles between points is not shown in the guide, the mileage incurred while traveling between those points is not reimbursable unless:

(1) the documentation itemizes the mileage on a point-to-point basis; and

(2) the mileage is reasonable.