OFFICE OF THE A'ITORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS

Bonorable 0. U. Tile tex8e state Fdr Bui.lWB AUSTIN



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Tesas Dear Br. Bobh3onr

of dateJuly sor X941,pmr 812

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APttCl6 as s0110us: so, whet is the allovosoe per ndle, or any other statute of the stata of

4674 of the Revised fU.ril Statutes is
‘00nPmsAT1QIP MD BxPsB~8~Eaeh am&or of -the board shall woaire Sor his eenieea tendollars adny and necesearytr6;ntllnb; aad indbeotal expense8 wkl.leaotually sngagod in the6erTlaeofthebm. me&mretsryshlu reeelw llir

neosasary cqJ%Meo for serTloee aatually perfomiad for the board. ill p-bit

### iag, postage 

### and other bon adza oat 

### oxpm808, xmoasoarily iaaurred in 

### at%rlAgthis law shall be paid 

### from tha 

### fees rsoeimd by theboard, Bad allexpemes shallbsifemtneb, wrified, audited and an aooouat kept theroof by the eearetaryof thebosml, who shall psy the txwa Out of 

### saidf88s whioh aoorue to it .. ; Ye aaswer your questl.oas as ~ollorrs~

tporvlees .(I) The aamber is entitle4 to reaslw for his

$Zo,.oO

sdey Malls astwlly umgagedlathe eerrioe Idithe Board. The iaemloe of the mimibar boglaa 038

the dq he a&uallylearesbis how, 

### or g&ass of reoidenee,ior the bono fide gurposs OS 

### attsxxU.ng the BoPrd~e zmstimgs. l3m ttpu, thus expemdedbythen#a8~~in going to 

### or returning froath~Bomdmeetl.m@ifss t lu tha aemloe8 of tho wmrdmrd; mwh 80 ae is the ttit ~trtrllyspsntlnBesrd

Xn this 0oaneeELon the law ltame a0 parts of days, fmcisuch member io emtltlsd to the full sum of 10.00 for each day on wh%ch he h8s b%oA in the servioes of t.b e Board, whether the same be the et&ire dq, a malor fmmtion 0f.a day, or a aiaor flwotion of wth dey.

This dqxirtment heI& ia Opinfoa Bo. @-W,w, oddressed to JXonorab1.o V. Lee O*Danlel, W~wnor of 

### Texas, fhotr *Where a statute f3.23~sn offloer*s ~ompensation at a wwtain sum per &3ty,such off%ocw, p%l'fOrndng fuv 6UbStRAtid. BWK%GO Qn 8 ~tiOUlar day,has a Pightto wsdre his per diem cow pensation for that dayI raS&ess of the longtb

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of time requiredr0r 

### the periormsnssof ths servlaeor duty."
For this holdingM oltsd State 0. Hum (Wash.) 172 Pas. 1147, 1A. L. R. 274 and note.

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Artisle 1674, supra, dirssts thst %soh 

### nmber of the bwrd shall rsoslr~s. , . noosssary tra~sling 

### and lnsld'ental expenses

while as-y sagagad in ths servlosof the board.* You stat& thikismbsrs are reimbursed

ror their bus or rsllroadirrss wheg using thismnde of transportation.We~belisvegush a praotlos to bS 

### propsr* In tmns lnstanoes,It may bl, mors'f~~lbls for,amsmbtik

to use his'own automobllsIn &olng to or.fran meetingsor attendingto 

### other 0rfmSl btWM~3 4f~ths 

### board. The 

### ~Leglslature has long rsoognlee~d t&6 $ eiblllty 

### oi~automobilss

.+?&a msans OS tr@spertatim by 8tr te ofti

### olalsand smployesson their offlolal buainees), in sbmi~ 

### lnitanoss

providingstats-owned autaPlobiJss,

a.&.ln others authoriringthiuse,of,prlvate automcfbl@sa&U provldlngfor .$. ','j 

### rsfmburssmnt lor'ths-sxpsnsss of the&rUuC tihlJ.s .05

### stats business. Us flind d rider inthe DspartmsMial~appropslatlon ,:" bill (S. B, Nor 423) @ass.sd by the 47th &s&slsturs (nb.%h 

### ddsr has appears6 In.ths rdosdlngapproprlatlsa k&la

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### for many years)whleh. **priory** dss **for rs~wrr4splent**  **of. .sxpenaa~**  **s ,:**  

### ~lnaurred

by %ats empl~,ysss when using thslr&XI auto8obilss in travelingon Stats. bkslness upon the roLlsting baslsi nUnloss~o&mvlse speol~iaallf prsrtbsd by 

### ths statutsa,If is provldsdthat a.ny offiabr 6r smployss

who travtiXs

on offlolal,Stats

business end who usss his own oar uhils so delag crhall bs rsimbursed

for t&s use of sa%d oar OD. ths b&a&i of the total.

mileage traveledduringany salsndar month at the iollowlngratst 

### Five se&s (B#)a mile for the first thousand lailee traVeled, 

### four osnts (4#) 

### a mile for the sssond fwusand mllss traveled,and tUee oents (3#)a m5Je for the third thousandmiles traveled,and two oente,(2#) a mile for 

### &aoh mile traveled in sxbe~sof three thousandmilesrw While It doe¬ exprssalyss state, ths above rider olearlyaontsmplates that the sms provLdsd shall insludenot~onorebla C. H. Robinson - **page** 4

only the cost of gasoline and oil aotually conBurned, but also reimbursement i’or the depreciation on the automobile oocasioned by suoh travel.

.Since S. 3. 423, of which the above c&otei rider is a part, does not inolude an appropriation to the Texas State hoard of Chiropody Examiners, the rider would not be oontrolling as to erpenditurae of your board, We quote the rider only by way of illustration to ehow that the Legislature has regarded depreciation

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personal eutomobilea as a proper item of traveling expense. Ue believe th8refOre, that it would be proper for your board to adopt a regulation along the llries of the above quoted rider (tiwugh not necessarily ldentioal therewith) in order 

### to provide a reasonable basis for reimbursing members of the board for traveling expsnaes when they use their.own ,automobilas on trips involving the official buSIns OS the board. Poura very .truly AlToRhrX GEiuZ&U

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