ENROLLED

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE

FOR

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE

FOR


Senate Bill No. 100

(Senators Hunter and Unger, original sponsors)

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[Passed March 10, 2007; to take effect July 1, 2007.]

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AN ACT to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §18A-2-14, relating to requiring county boards of education to reimburse school personnel for mileage costs when the employee is required to use a personal vehicle in the course of employment; and establishing parameters for rate of reimbursement.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §18A-2-14, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2. SCHOOL PERSONNEL.
§18A-2-14
. Mileage reimbursement for school personnel.
A county board shall reimburse any school personnel for each mile traveled when the employee is required to use a personal motor vehicle in the course of employment. The county board shall reimburse at the same rate for all employees in that county. The rate of reimbursement shall be at least the lesser of, and not more than the greater of, the federal standard mileage rate and the rate authorized by the travel management rule of the Department of Administration.