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Resolution
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(4) Fifty-six thousand five hundred dollars ($56,500) for the period which includes calendar
year 2006 and that portion of January 2007 preceding the commencement of the next term of office.
Item 2A
Each member of the General Assembly, upon presentation of an expense voucher, shall be
entitled to a per diem allowance for meals and reimbursed for expenses actually incurred for lodging
due to: (i) attendance at regular, extended, or extraordinary sessions of the General Assembly of
Maryland or scheduled committee or subcommittee meetings thereof; (ii) attendance at meetings of
the Legislative Policy Committee or scheduled committee or subcommittee meetings thereof,
including legislative committees created by statute; (iii) attendance at scheduled meetings of a
commission, committee, joint executive/legislative committee, or task force or subcommittee thereof
to which the legislator has been appointed by the Governor, the President of the Senate, or the
Speaker of the House of Delegates; (iv) attendance at bill signings; or (v) attendance at official
functions in Annapolis or outside Annapolis directly related to duties as a member of the General
Assembly as may be approved by the President of the Senate or the Speaker of the House of
Delegates. The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Delegates shall establish
guidelines and procedures for the determination and payment of expenses for meals and lodging, in
accordance with the following policies:
(1) Requests for payment of the per diem meal allowance need not be supported by receipts;
(2) Requests for reimbursement for expenses incurred for lodging must be supported by
receipts or by a billing from the facility providing the lodging and payment may be made directly to
the facility;
(3) In no event shall a member be paid for meal expenses that exceed the total amount for
meal expenses per day as provided in the Standard Travel Regulations of the State of Maryland, as
amended from time to time by the Board of Public Works; and
(4) In no event shall a member be reimbursed for lodging expenses that exceed the maximum
per diem amount specified for lodging in Annapolis, Maryland as prescribed by the Internal Revenue
Service as federal per diem allowances for travel.
Item 2B
Each member shall be reimbursed for expenses actually incurred in traveling between the
member's home and the place of a session or meeting or function described in Item 2A at the rate
provided in the Standard Travel Regulations of the State of Maryland, as amended from time to time
by the Board of Public Works, if the travel is by automobile. If a member travels by other means,
the member will be reimbursed for actual costs, but not exceeding the mileage rate provided by the
Standard Travel Regulations of the State of Maryland.
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