Bill > A2514

Introduced Session

This bill provides that the mileage reimbursement rate payable to a State officer or employee driving a private automobile on State business will be the same as the standard mileage rate established by the federal Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for the deductible cost of operating an automobile for business purposes. State law provides that the State's mileage reimbursement rate would be 18 cents per mile and that this rate would be adjusted biannually to reflect changes in gasoline prices. Annual appropriations acts have adjusted this mileage reimbursement rate. Currently, the rate is 31 cents per mile for FY 2017-2018. It is necessary to establish the State's rate at the same level as the IRS rate (as adjusted periodically for inflation) in order to fairly compensate State officers and employees who drive their own vehicles on public business. The bill repeals N.J.S.A.52:14-17.1a which provides that the $0.18 per mile rate in the law would be adjusted twice each year to reflect changes in the price of gasoline.

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Ronald Dancer (R)*, 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee (on 02/01/2018)