Oklahoma § 74-291.1 - Legislators - Per diem

§ 74-291.1. Legislators - Per diem

Members of the Legislature shall be allowed a per diem in lieu

of expenses in an amount authorized by the provisions of the

Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, for deductibility of

expenses for travel while away from home without additional

documentation for each night spent away from home in the performance

of their official duties within the state during regular and

extraordinary legislative sessions, not to exceed the number of

legislative days per week.

Added by Laws 1975, c. 254, § 2, operative Jan. 1, 1976. Amended by

Laws 1979, c. 260, § 4, emerg. eff. June 5, 1979; Laws 1985, c. 7, §

2, eff. July 1, 1985; Laws 1985, c. 344, § 10, emerg. eff. July 30,

1985; Laws 1989, c. 247, § 2, emerg. eff. May 18, 1989; Laws 1997,

c. 384, § 16, eff. July 1, 1997.

§74-291.1a. Legislators - Mileage and per diem.

Members of the Legislature who are authorized by the Speaker of

the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the

Senate, to attend official meetings and sessions concerning

legislation during a legislative recess shall be entitled to receive

reimbursement for mileage and per diem in the same manner as

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government

provided for in Sections 291 and 291.1 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma

Statutes.

Laws 1979, c. 274, § 3, emerg. eff. June 5, 1979.

§74-291.1b. Legislators - Reimbursable trips.

Members of the Legislature shall receive mileage reimbursement

pursuant to Section 500.4 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes for

the number of miles necessarily and conveniently traveled by the

most usual and feasible route to be present upon convening of the

regular or extraordinary sessions of the Legislature by such member

in each and every trip in going to and returning from the place of

meeting of the Legislature. Each member shall be entitled to

mileage reimbursement for one (1) round trip per week in traveling

to and from the meeting of the Legislature. A member not claiming

per diem reimbursement may elect to receive mileage for not to

exceed as many trips as there are legislative days for a week during

each week the Legislature is actually in regular or extraordinary

session, provided that no single, round-trip mileage reimbursement

may exceed the per diem allowance. Members of the Legislature shall

receive mileage reimbursement, for the use of privately owned

vehicles pursuant to Section 500.4 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma

Statutes for the number of miles necessarily and conveniently

traveled by the most usual and feasible route to be present in

attending meetings of committees of which they are members or to

which they are invited by Committee Chairmen when the Legislature is

not in session, subject to the approval of the presiding officer of

each house for the members of the respective houses.

Added by Laws 1995, c. 335, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.