HB 7049 Summary

• Establishes a statewide travel management system administered by the Department of Management Services to collect, store, and standardize public officer and employee travel information for authorization, expense reporting, and reimbursement.

• Sets lodging reimbursement cap at $150 per day for state agency and judicial branch employees attending meetings or conferences; employees may use personal funds for expenses exceeding this cap.

• Requires executive branch agencies and judicial branch to report all travel data to the system by November 1, 2018, with public access to reports; requires municipalities, counties, and other local entities to post monthly travel reports by November 1, 2019, with public access beginning December 1, 2019.

• Establishes meal subsistence allowances: breakfast $6, lunch $11, dinner $19 for Class C travel; travelers may claim $80 per diem or actual expenses if higher.

• Appropriates $1,311,000 in recurring funds and $4,067,000 in nonrecurring funds from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Management Services for fiscal year 2018-2019, with four authorized full-time positions; effective July 1, 2018.