New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 2 - PUBLIC FINANCE › Chapter 81 - RETIREE HEALTH CARE FUNDS › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 2.81.1.21 - PAYMENT OF PER DIEM AND MILEAGE

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
The NMRHCA shall pay per diem and mileage consistent with the
				  Per Diem and Mileage Act, Section
				  10-8-1 et
				  seq. NMSA 1978 and consistent with the per diem and mileage reimbursement
				  requirements of the department of finance and administration as amended and as
				  authorized from time to time by the board acting in a board meeting.
A.
Payment to NMRHCA Employees:
The NMRHCA employees are entitled to receive per diem and mileage for travel
				incurred in the normal course and scope of their employment. No employee shall
				be entitled to receive per diem and mileage for travel outside of the state
				without obtaining the board's prior approval for the travel or without
				obtaining the prior approval of an officer of the board if the board has
				delegated to such officer the authority to grant such approval.
B.
Payment to NMRHCA Board
				Members:
An NMRHCA board member is entitled to receive per diem and
				mileage for travel incurred for attending all regular, special and emergency
				board meetings called pursuant to the Open Meetings Act and the NMRHCA's open
				meetings resolution. In addition, the NMRHCA board members named to serve on
				the NMRHCA board agenda committee is entitled to receive per diem and mileage
				for travel incurred for attending all agenda committee meetings. NMRHCA board
				members shall not be entitled to receive per diem and mileage for any other
				travel, inside or outside of the state, without obtaining prior approval of an
				officer of the board or the executive director if the board has delegated to
				such officer or executive director the authority to grant such
				approval.
C.
Payment to
				NMRHCA Alternate Board Members or to Designees of Ex Officio Board
				Members:
An NMRHCA alternate board member or board member by designation
				of an ex officio board member is entitled to receive per diem and mileage for
				travel incurred for attending regular, special and emergency board meetings
				called pursuant to the Open Meetings Act and the NMRHCA's open meetings
				resolution only when the NMRHCA board member or ex officio board member is not
				present at the board meeting and the alternate or designee attends in the place
				of the board member or ex officio board member. The NMRHCA shall not pay per
				diem and mileage to the alternate board member or designee and to the board
				member or ex officio board member for attendance at the same meeting on the
				same day. NMRHCA alternate board members shall not be entitled to receive per
				diem and mileage for any other travel, inside or outside of the state, without
				obtaining prior approval of the board.
D.
Payment to NMRHCA Advisory
				Committee Members:
An NMRHCA advisory committee member named by the
				board to serve on an advisory committee is entitled to receive per diem and
				mileage for travel incurred for attending an NMRHCA advisory committee meeting
				which has been scheduled in writing by the board or by the executive director.
				NMRHCA advisory committee members shall not be entitled to receive per diem and
				mileage for any other travel, inside or outside of the state, without obtaining
				prior approval of the board.