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. 18, September 24, 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.
