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Commissioners adopt Texas standard per-diem rates for travel effective immediately
Summary
The court approved raising county travel per-diem to the Texas state standard: $16 for breakfast, $19 for lunch and $28 for dinner, effective immediately.
The Hutchinson County Commissioners Court voted to set county travel per-diem rates to the Texas standard rates immediately. The court approved $16 for breakfast, $19 for lunch and $28 for dinner and directed staff to implement the change for reimbursable travel beginning immediately.
County officials said the move aligns county per-diem with commonly used state rates and addresses concerns that the previous lunch allowance—$15—was insufficient in some conference locations. Commissioners discussed reviewing the standard annually when the state issues updated per-diem guidance.
A motion to adopt the Texas standard per-diem rates passed by voice vote with implementation effective immediately.
