75-3207. (a) For official travel inside or outside of the state, the subsistence allowance shall be paid at the applicable rate for such travel fixed under K.S.A. 75-3207a, and amendments thereto, while the employee is away from such employee's official station or domicile.
(b) (1) In all cases of official travel inside or outside of the state which is subject to the provisions of this section, where the official traveler leaves the traveler's official station or domicile and returns on the same day without incurring lodging expense, no subsistence allowance will be paid.
(2) No subsistence allowance shall be allowed for expenses incurred within 30 miles of an employee's official station.
(3) The secretary of administration may provide, by rule and regulation, for limited exceptions to the limitation established in paragraph (1) of this subsection under circumstances in which payment of a subsistence allowance for the official travel is in the best interest of the state.
(c) No allowances shall be paid to any person for subsistence expense incurred while staying in any place where such person is continuously stationed, except upon written permission granted by the secretary of administration upon written application and subject to rules and regulations adopted by the secretary of administration under K.S.A. 75-3207a, and amendments thereto.
(d) The limitations provided herein shall not apply to cases where the subsistence expenses are advanced by the state by reason of contract of recompensation either expressed, or implied in law or in fact, with any person, group of persons, agency, association, corporation, partnership, or organization of any nature whatsoever, other than the state of Kansas or any municipalities or subdivision thereof.
(e) The phrase "subsistence allowance" as used in this act shall be construed and held to include all charges for meals and lodging, all fees and tips to waiters, hotel porters, bellhops, doormen, maids and dining-room stewards.
(f) Subject to prior approval by the secretary of administration, reduced allowances for subsistence may be paid where considered appropriate by the head of any state agency by reason of the nature of travel, type of business being conducted and frequency of travel. Notice of any such reduced allowances shall be given to the director of accounts and reports.
(g) The secretary of administration may adopt rules and regulations as provided in K.S.A. 75-3706, and amendments thereto, regarding the manner of payment of allowances for subsistence, nonsubsistence and transportation expenses as defined in this act.
(h) Nothing in this section shall apply to the officers and employees specified in K.S.A. 75-3216, and amendments thereto.
History: L. 1937, ch. 340, § 2; L. 1945, ch. 327, § 1; L. 1947, ch. 424, § 1; L. 1949, ch. 445, § 1; L. 1959, ch. 340, § 1; L. 1965, ch. 465, § 2; L. 1969, ch. 402, § 2; L. 1972, ch. 322, § 1; L. 1975, ch. 441, § 2; L. 1977, ch. 297, § 1; L. 1979, ch. 286, § 2; L. 1981, ch. 339, § 1; L. 2001, ch. 109, § 4; July 1.
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