Florida Florida Statutes

§ 112.061 — Per diem and travel expenses of public officers, employees, and authorized persons; statewide travel management system

FS § 112.061Ch. 112

Statute text

(1)LEGISLATIVE INTENT.—To prevent inequities, conflicts, inconsistencies, and lapses in the numerous laws regulating or attempting to regulate travel expenses of public officers, employees, and authorized persons in the state, it is the intent of the Legislature:(a) To establish standard travel reimbursement rates, procedures, and limitations, with certain justifiable exceptions and exemptions, applicable to all public officers, employees, and authorized persons whose travel is authorized and paid by a public agency.

(b)To preserve the standardization established by this law:1. The provisions of this section shall prevail over any conflicting provisions in a general law, present or future, to the extent of the conflict; but if any such general law contains a specific exemption from this section, including a specific reference to this section, such general law shall prevail, but only to the extent of the exemption. 2. The provisions of any special or local law, present or future, shall prevail over any conflicting provisions in this section, but only to the extent of the conflict.

(2)DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section, the term:(a) “Agency” or “public agency” means any office, department, agency, division, subdivision, political subdivision, board, bureau, commission, authority, district, public body, body politic, county, city, town, village, municipality, or any other separate unit of government created pursuant to law.

(b)“Agency head” or “head of the agency” means the highest policymaking authority of a public agency, as herein defined.

(c)“Authorized person” means:1.7=A person other than a public officer or employee as defined herein, whether elected or commissioned or not, who is authorized by an agency head to incur travel expenses in the performance of official duties. 2. A person who is called upon by an agency to contribute time and services as consultant or adviser. 3. A person who is a candidate for an executive or professional position.

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Legislative history

ss. 1, 3, ch. 22830, 1945; ss. 1, 2, 3, ch. 23892, 1947; ss. 1, 3, ch. 2