A. The secretary may authorize by regulation reimbursement for the following actual expenses incurred by public officers and employees of state agencies:
(1) moving expenses;
(2) professional fees or dues;
(3) tuition and fees for attending educational programs or classes approved by the secretary; and
(4) registration fees for attending seminars, educational programs or classes.
B. The governing body of any local public body may, by resolution, authorize the reimbursement of public officers and employees for any of the actual expenses set forth in Subsection A of this section. No resolution adopted pursuant to this subsection shall authorize the reimbursement for any expense not authorized by regulation of the secretary pursuant to Subsection A of this section.
C. The governing board may, by regulation, authorize the reimbursement of public officers of public post-secondary educational institutions and employees of public post-secondary educational institutions for any of the actual expenses set forth in Subsection A of this section.
D. No reimbursement shall be made for any expenses unless receipts for all such expenses are attached to the reimbursement voucher.
HISTORY:
1978 10-8-8, enacted by Laws 1979, ch. 273, § 5; 1989, ch. 338, § 5.
Notes to Decisions
Constitutionality.
Under former 1921 N.M. Laws ch. 206, § 7, the expense limit contained therein did not violate N.M. Const. art IV § 16, even though the constitutional provision restricted the provisions of general appropriations bills exclusively to appropriations, as the details of expending the appropriated money were necessarily so connected with the subject of the appropriations, and former 1921 N.M. Laws ch. 206, § 7 was a continuing restriction and did not go beyond the terms of the appropriations made within it. State ex rel. Whittier v. Safford, 1923-NMSC-041, 28 N.M. 531, 214 P. 759, 1923 N.M. LEXIS 29 (N.M. 1923).
Generally.
Under former 1921 N.M. Laws ch. 206, § 5, the appropriations bill set out in ch. 206, § 7 is a permanent appropriations bill, and without some change, repeal, or modification by subsequent legislation, will continue in force and effect. State ex rel. Whittier v. Safford, 1923-NMSC-041, 28 N.M. 531, 214 P. 759, 1923 N.M. LEXIS 29 (N.M. 1923).
OPINIONS OF ATTORNEY GENERAL
Applicability.
The county clerk may compensate a precinct board with per diem and/or mileage for attending schools of instruction required by 1-2-17 NMSA 1978, since precinct board members are public officers. 1986 Attorney General Advisory Letter No. 86-14, 1986 N.M. AG LEXIS 18.