{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-660.113","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 660.113","heading":"RESTRICTED REIMBURSEMENTS.","body":"(a) A state agency may not reimburse a state employee for a lodging expense incurred at a place that is not a commercial lodging establishment.\n(b) A state agency may not reimburse a state employee for a meal or lodging expense the employee incurs while traveling outside the employee's designated headquarters for less than six consecutive hours unless the employee is a chief administrator of a state agency or the travel provisions of the General Appropriations Act authorize the reimbursement.\n(c) A state agency may not reimburse a state employee for a meal expense incurred within the employee's designated headquarters unless the expense is:\n(1) mandatory; and\n(2) connected with training, a seminar, or a conference.\n(d) A state agency may reimburse a state employee for a meal expense incurred while traveling without an overnight stay away from the employee's designated headquarters only if the chief administrator of the agency authorizes the reimbursement.\n(e) A state agency may not reimburse a state employee for the purchase of an alcoholic beverage, unless the employee is a peace officer who purchased the beverage as a purchase of evidence in an administrative or criminal case.\nAdded by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1300, Sec. 10, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 6. PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES","SUBTITLE B. STATE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES","CHAPTER 660. TRAVEL EXPENSES","SUBCHAPTER F. MEAL, LODGING, AND INCIDENTAL EXPENSES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.660.htm#660.113","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"e66b72061169ff31b96394dc996dba3538ea2d626ea880250916acfd77dd1b9c","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-660.112","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-660.114"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}