This statutory scheme is a straightforward one. An employee is entitled to a per diem allowance while locating a permanent residence at the new location. The statute contemplates that this allowance is generally limited to a continuous period of 30 days. For example, an employee is reassigned from location x to location y effective September 1. Beginning September 1 he is obliged to report to duty at location y and for the period from September 1 through September 30 he can claim the per diem allowance in amounts determined elsewhere in the Fiscal Rules.
Travel means work away from an employee's permanent duty station.
Tatum-Reese Development Corp. v. Industrial Comm'n . 30 Colo. App. See also Carter v.