HB143 HD1

Report Title:

Legislative per diem allowance

 

Description:

Ties the legislator's per diem allowance for intrastate travel to two-thirds of the General Services Administration rate for Hawaii. Ties the legislator's per diem allowance for out-of-state travel to the Federal Travel Regulation and foreign travel to section 925, a supplement to the Department of State Standardized Regulations (Government Civilians, Foreign Areas) (HB143 HD1).

 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	143
TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2001		H.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

RELATING TO THE LEGISLATURE.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. Section 24-3, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"§24-3 Allowance for expenses while traveling on official legislative business during a session within the State. A member of the legislature whose legal residence is on the island of Oahu and who is required to remain away from the island of the member's legal residence but within the State overnight or longer while on official legislative business during a session and when authorized by the presiding officer of the respective house, shall receive an allowance of two-thirds of the General Services Administration rate for Hawaii to cover all personal expenses such as board, lodging, and incidental expenses but not travel expenses. [Such allowance shall be equal to the maximum allowance for such expenses payable to any public officer or employee.]"

SECTION 2. Section 24-4, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"§24-4 Allowance for expenses while on official legislative business during period of recess and interim official legislative business. When a session of the legislature is recessed for more than three days pursuant to a concurrent resolution or for any interim official legislative business, a member of the legislature while on official legislative business on the island of the member's legal residence and when authorized by the presiding officer of the respective house, shall receive an allowance of $10 a day to cover personal expenses.

When a session of the legislature is recessed for more than three days pursuant to the mandatory recess required by Article III, section 10, of the Constitution or a concurrent resolution or for any interim official legislative business, a member of the legislature who is required to remain away from the island of the member's legal residence but within the State overnight or longer while on official legislative business and when authorized by the presiding officer of the respective house, shall receive an allowance of two-thirds of the General Services Administration rate for Hawaii to cover all personal expenses such as board, lodging, and incidental expenses but not travel expenses. [Such allowance shall be equal to the maximum allowance for such expenses payable to any public officer or employee.]"

SECTION 3. Section 24-5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"§24-5 Allowance for out-of-state expenses while traveling on official legislative business [without the State]. A member of the legislature while traveling [without] outside the State on official legislative business and when authorized by the presiding officer of the respective house, shall receive an allowance to cover all personal expenses, such as board, lodging, and incidental expenses but not travel expenses. [Such allowance shall be equal to the maximum allowance for such expenses payable to any public officer or employee and shall be in addition to the allowance which the member may be entitled to receive under section 24-2.] The per diem allowance for out-of-state travel shall be equal to the maximum travel per diem allowance set by the General Services Administration for travel in the continental United States, pursuant to the Federal Travel Regulation, 41 C.F.R. chapter 301. The per diem allowance for foreign travel shall be equal to the maximum travel per diem allowance for foreign areas, pursuant to section 925, a supplement to the Department of State Standardized Regulations (Government Civilians, Foreign Areas)."

SECTION 4. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2001.