OFFICE OF THE A'ITORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

Bonorable 0. U. 

Tile tex8e state 

Fdr Bui.lWB 

AUSTIN 

Fort YOlwl, Tesas 

Dear Br. Bobh3onr 

of date July sor X941, pmr 812 O#ai~n f'iwn tbio Dqmrt- 
lJerndtt%d pthz 

S%Xt%S? 

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.le aotually sngagod in 

the6erTlaeofthebm. me&mretsryshlu 

reeelw llir neosasary cqJ%Meo for serTloee 

aatually perfomiad for the board. ill p-bitiag, postage and other bon 

adza 

oat oxpm808, 

xmoasoarily iaaurred in at%rlAg this 

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 said f 88s 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 

Idi the 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 t tit ~trtrllyspsntlnBesrd 

Xn this 0oaneeELon the law ltame a0 parts of 

days, fmci such 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 
Ronorabls C. IL Robinson - page 3 

of time required r0r the periormsnss of ths 

servlae or duty." 

For this holding M oltsd State 0. Hum (Wash.) 

172 Pas. 1147, 1A. L. R. 274 and note. 

(2) ala '(3) 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 servlos of the board.* You stat& thikismbsrs 

are reimbursed ror their bus or rsllroad irrss wheg using 

this mnde of transportation. We~belisve gush a praotlos 

to bS propsr* In tmns lnstanoes, It may bl, mors'f~~lbls 

for,a msmbtik to use his'own automoblls In &olng to or.fran 

meetings or attending to other 0rfmSl btWM~3 4f~ths 

board. The ~Leglslature has long rsoognlee~d t&6 $ eiblllty 

oi~automobilss .+?&a msans OS tr@spertatim by 8 tr te oftiolals and smployess on their offlolal buainees), in sbmi~ 

lnitanoss providing stats-owned autaPlobiJss, a.&.ln others 

authoriring thiuse, of,prlvate automcfbl@s a&U provldlng for .$. 

','j 

rsfmburssmnt lor'ths -sxpsnsss of the&r UuC 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 rdosdlng approprlatlsa k&la 

,I 

for many years ) whleh. priory s dss for rs~wrr4splent of. .sxpenaa~ 

,: ~lnaurred by %ats empl~,ysss when using thslr &XI auto8obilss 

in traveling on Stats. bkslness upon the roLlsting baslsi 

nUnloss~o&mvlse speol~iaallf prsrtbsd by 

ths statutsa, If is provldsd that 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 traveled during any salsndar 

month at the iollowlng ratst 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 thousand miles traveled, and two oente, (2#) 

a mile for &aoh mile traveled in sxbe~s of three 

thousand milesrw 

While It doe& not exprssaly ss state, ths above rider 

olearly aontsmplates that the sms provLdsd shall inslude not 
~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 05 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 OP TEXAS 

FIRST ASSISTANT 

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