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Committee approves amendment letting agency chief fiscal officers authorize staff travel reimbursements
Summary
House Bill 13‑79, amended and passed by the committee, clarifies which agency officials may approve travel and expense authorizations and explicitly adds agency chief fiscal officers where an agency lacks a cabinet‑level fiscal official.
Representative Howard Beatty presented an amendment to House Bill 13‑79 after committee discussion identified agencies that might not have a named chief fiscal officer. The amendment adds the phrase “cabinet level secretary or director, chief executive officer, or the chief fiscal officer of the department, board or commission for which the travel has occurred,” so that any appropriate executive at agency level can approve travel reimbursements.
Beatty said the change responds to committee requests during earlier consideration and ensures there is a clearly authorized official within each agency who can approve official travel and lodging reimbursements. After questions, the committee adopted the amendment and passed the bill as amended by voice vote.
The bill codifies existing practice on authorized travel reimbursements at the agency level and delegates approval authority to a defined set of agency executives in the absence of a state chief fiscal officer.
