7.7 Subject: TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENT AND PER DIEM
Adopted: September 12, 1996
Amended: June 12, 1997
Amended: September 11, 1997
Amended: August 12, 2003

Applicability

This policy applies to all members of the Board of Regents, faculty and staff traveling on official University business.

Policy

Travel on official University business by members of the Board of Regents, faculty and staff is integral to the University's mission. The University shall reimburse the reasonable and allowable costs of this travel. No per diem for attendance at Board or committee meetings shall be paid to Regents.

The University shall follow the State Mileage and Per Diem Act unless the Board of Regents expressly determines that alternative regulations are needed to carry out the University's mission.

Pursuant to the State Mileage and Per Diem Act, Section 10-8-5.E, NMSA 1978, (the "Act"), the Board of Regents has determined that, for travel destinations where the rates for reimbursement for meals and incidental expenses permitted by the Act exceed the rates set forth from time to time by the Internal Revenue Service and U.S. Department of State ("federal reimbursement rates"), UNM reimbursement rates for meals should be reduced to be the same as the federal reimbursement rates. In addition, the Board of Regents has determined that extraordinary circumstances exist because of the high cost of travel to those destinations where the federal reimbursement rates for meals and incidental expenses exceed the rates allowed by the Mileage and Per Diem Act. For travel to such destinations, the Board hereby approves payment for actual expenses for meals and incidental expenses as specified from time to time in the federal reimbursement rates.

Implementation

The President shall adopt administrative policies and procedures to implement this policy.

References

Travel Reimbursement Policies and Procedure, UBPPM Policy 4030.

Comments should be sent to BRPM@UNM.edu

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