FL H0815

County and municipal public officers must obtain governing body approval at regularly scheduled meetings before traveling outside the state or internationally, unless ratified for good cause at the next meeting with written explanation.

Travel authorization requests must include itemized lists detailing all anticipated expenses including transportation, lodging, and subsistence costs.

Approved travel must be posted on the county's or municipality's website within 10 days of approval and remain posted until the end of the next fiscal year; county constitutional officers are exempt from this requirement.

Counties, county constitutional officers, and municipalities must adopt uniform travel policies applicable to all public officers and employees, and include travel expenses as a separate line item in their budgets.

Municipal governments with per diem and travel policies must comply with state requirements on travel authorization and budgeting, and cannot claim exemption from these specific provisions.