Another Bill Restricting Government Travel Expenses

Another Bill Restricting Government Travel Expenses

  Friday, February 23, 2018    Julie Tappendorf

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HB 5633 was recently introduced to prohibit municipalities and counties from spending local funds derived from the Local Government Distributive Fund (LGDF) on travel, lodging, or dining. There are no limitations to this wholesale ban on these expenses, so this would seem to apply to any of these expenses, even expenses incurred in mandatory training or similar programs. This bill follows legislation we reported on a few weeks ago that prohibits local governments from reimbursing employees for conference expenses.