Virginia Code 2.2-2823: Traveling expenses on state business; public or private transportation
A. Pursuant to § 2.2-2825, any person traveling on state business shall be entitled to reimbursement for certain actual expenses as are necessary and ordinarily incidental to travel. If transportation is by public means, reimbursement shall be at the actual cost thereof. If transportation is by private means, reimbursement shall be at the rate as specified in the current general appropriation act.
Terms Used In Virginia Code 2.2-2823
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Expenses: means all reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of duties. See Virginia Code 2.2-2813
- Person: includes any individual, corporation, partnership, association, cooperative, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, government, political subdivision, or any other legal or commercial entity and any successor, representative, agent, agency, or instrumentality thereof. See Virginia Code 1-230
- State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes any of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the United States Virgin Islands. See Virginia Code 1-245
B. Mileage allowed under subsection A or § 30-19.15 shall be construed to include all costs incident to the maintenance and operation of private transportation except storage and parking fees, turnpike, tunnel, ferry and bridge tolls.
Code 1950, §§ 14-5, 14-5.4; 1954, c. 709; 1964, c. 386, §§ 14.1-5, 14.1-9; 1968, c. 711; 1969, Ex. Sess., c. 4; 1972, cc. 69, 719; 1975, c. 132; 1976, c. 385; 1977, c. 493; 1980, c. 224; 1984, c. 161; 1995, c. 358; 1998, c. 872, §§ 2.1-20.8, 2.1-20.12; 2001, c. 844.