New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 2 - PUBLIC FINANCE
Chapter 42 - TRAVEL AND PER DIEM
Part 2 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE PER DIEM AND MILEAGE ACT
Section 2.42.2.11 - MILEAGE-PRIVATE CONVEYANCE
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. Applicability: Mileage accrued in the use of a private conveyance shall be paid only in accordance with the provisions of this section.
B. Rate: Public officers and employees of state agencies shall be reimbursed for mileage accrued in the use of a private automobile or aircraft in the discharge of official duties as follows:
C. Local public bodies: Public officers and employees of local public bodies may be reimbursed for mileage accrued in the use of a private conveyance in the discharge of official duties, at the statutory rates unless such rates have been reduced by the governing bodies of the local public body pursuant to Subsection D of Section 10-8-5 NMSA 1978.
D. Privately owned automobile: For conveyance in the discharge of official duties by privately owned automobile, mileage accrued shall be reimbursed at the rate set forth in this section as follows:
E. Privately owned airplane: Mileage accrued in the use of a privately owned airplane shall be reimbursed at the rate set forth in this section as follows:
F. Reimbursement limit for out of state travel: Total mileage reimbursement for out of state travel by privately owned automobile or privately owned airplane shall not exceed the total coach class commercial airfare that would have been reimbursed those traveling had they traveled by common carrier. This subsection shall not apply to a public school when transporting students.
G. Additional mileage provision: Mileage accrued while on official business shall be reimbursed for travel on official business. An agency head or designee may authorize by memorandum reimbursement for mileage from a point of origin farther from the destination than the designated post of duty in appropriate circumstances. The memorandum must accompany the payment voucher. If official business is transacted while commuting from home to post of duty or from post of duty to home, mileage shall not be paid for the number of miles between post of duty and home. Odometer readings showing additional miles accrued for official business must be provided to the agency for payment.