NC H473

Changes state employee mileage reimbursement to track the current Internal Revenue Service business standard mileage rate rather than a fixed 25¢ per mile rate.

Updates state employee per diem for meals and lodging to equal the maximum per diem rate for federal employees traveling to Raleigh, North Carolina, as set by the General Services Administration, effective July 1, 2019 and annually thereafter.

Effective July 1, 2019, requires the Director of the Budget to revise state employee subsistence allowances annually to match federal per diem rates for Raleigh, replacing the prior Consumer Price Index adjustment method.

Effective upon convening of the 2021 General Assembly, sets legislator mileage allowances at the IRS business standard mileage rate as of December 14, 2018 (Rev. Proc. 2010-51) and freezes that rate for legislators while federal rates continue to change for state employees.

Updates references to federal per diem rates for legislators to 83 Federal Register 42501 (August 22, 2018) for travel and subsistence allowances while in and out of session.