Bill > H7049

This bill amends Florida's statutes to establish a statewide travel management system. The key provisions are: 1. It sets per diem and subsistence allowance rates for state employees when traveling, including a $150 per day cap on lodging expenses for state agency or judicial branch meetings, conferences, or conventions. 2. It requires executive branch agencies and the judicial branch to use the statewide travel management system for travel authorization and reimbursement, and to report all travel information through the system. 3. It requires other reporting entities, such as local governments and school districts, to report all employee travel resulting in an overnight stay through the statewide travel management system. 4. The bill also appropriates funds and authorizes positions for the Department of Management Services to implement the statewide travel management system. The purpose of the bill is to increase transparency in public employee travel by making travel reports publicly available through the statewide system.

Government Operations and Technology Appropriations Subcommittee (H)

http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/7049