ENTITLED An Act to update travel expenses, moving expenses, and other reimbursements.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of South Dakota:
Section 1. That 3-9-2.2 be AMENDED:
3-9-2.2. The State Board of Finance may authorize a meal expense reimbursement at the per diem rate to any agency, state officer, or employee conducting state business at an event extending entirely through a meal time without interruption, regardless of whether the attending officer or employee is away from his or her place of residence or headquarters station. The reimbursement request may be made by an agency representative, state officer, or employee only if the attending officer's or employee's participation in the event is approved by the head of the officer's or employee's department or office and if the event includes provision of a meal for which the agency, officer, or employee is billed.
The authorization shall be made on a form prescribed by the Governor. A certification of the approval of the department or office head shall accompany the claim filed pursuant to 3-9-8.
Section 2. That 3-9-9 be AMENDED:
3-9-9. A current full‑time officer or employee, except an elected constitutional officer of the State of South Dakota, may receive a household moving allowance.
The officer or employee is eligible for the allowance if the officer or employee is transferred by the department, institution, board, commission, or other state agency to move from the officer's or employee's headquarter duty station in South Dakota to another headquarter duty station in South Dakota, if the duty stations are at least fifty miles apart. The officer or employee may be paid up to an amount equal to three months of the officer’s or employee’s salary but not to exceed fifteen thousand dollars. The amount must be provided by the agency head in the offer letter to the officer or employee.
Section 3. That 3-9-10 be AMENDED:
3-9-10. Each officer or employee who may be entitled to an allowance under 3-9-9 or 3-9-12 shall submit a claim voucher to the state auditor with an application for payment of the household moving allowance and a copy of the offer letter of the department, institution, board, commission, or other state agency authorizing the transfer or hire. A household moving allowance application must be made on a form prescribed by the Governor and requires the approval of the department head.
Section 4. That 3-9-12 be AMENDED:
3-9-12. For the purpose of assisting in the recruitment of new state employees, a person being recruited, if the person is not a current state employee, may receive a household moving allowance for moving greater than fifty miles to the person's headquarter duty station in the same manner and amount as established in 3-9-9 for the transfer of state employees.
An Act to to update travel expenses, moving expenses, and other reimbursements.
I certify that the attached Act originated in the:
Chief Clerk
Speaker of the House
Attest:
Chief Clerk
President of the Senate
Attest:
Secretary of the Senate
File No. ____ Chapter No. ______
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Received at this Executive Office this _____ day of _____________,
2023 at ____________M.
By for the Governor
The attached Act is hereby approved this ________ day of ______________, A.D., 2023
ss. Office of the Secretary of State
Filed ____________, 2023 at _________ o'clock __M.
Secretary of State
By Asst. Secretary of State
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