The Department of Public Safety (DPS) may use appropriated funds to pay expenses for a commissioned peace officer transferred from one DPS headquarters to another.

Source: Rider 11 in the appropriations to the Department of Public Safety in the General Appropriations Act.

The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) may reimburse an employee transferred from one TxDOT headquarters to another for expenses relating to:

• Selling existing housing.
• Purchasing and financing comparable replacement housing.
  –and–
• Expenses for moving household goods.

The distance between the two headquarters must be at least 25 miles, and TxDOT’s executive director must determine and document that the transfer is in the best interest of the state.

The following expenses or costs are reimbursable:

• A commission or fee due to a broker or real estate agent.
• Costs as a purchaser to obtain a home loan, including loan application fees, credit report fees and mortgage points.
• An origination fee, title insurance, a recording fee or any other closing cost required to be paid by the employee.
• A fee necessary to establish telephone, gas or electric service, excluding any refundable deposits.
• A travel expense incurred while looking for a new residence, reimbursed at the standard mileage rate, for travel to and from the new designated headquarters.
• Costs for moving household goods and effects.

TxDOT may not:

• Provide reimbursement for more than five employees per fiscal year.
• Pay a sum of more than $15,000 to any employee.
• Purchase or pay any part of the purchase price of any employee’s home.
• Provide reimbursement for the purchase or financing of a house if the employee did not own and occupy existing housing at the time of the transfer.

Source: Texas Transportation Code, Section 201.406.

The Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) and Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) may pay the cost of transporting and delivering the household goods and effects of an employee who is transferred by the TWDB executive administrator or the TCEQ executive director from one permanent station to another.

The executive administrator/director must determine the transfer will serve the best interest of the state.

The agency must have a legislative appropriation to pay moving expenses.

Source: Texas Water Code, Sections 5.232 and 6.193.

With the approval of the executive director, the Racing Commission may pay the reasonable, necessary and resulting costs of moving the household goods and effects of an employee of the Racing Commission who is transferred from one designated field office or headquarters to another.

Source: Rider 7 in the appropriations to the Racing Commission in the General Appropriations Act.

1. When a state agency reimburses a state employee for moving costs, the reimbursement must be paid on a purchase voucher. For this purpose, “moving costs” does not include meals, lodging, mileage or transportation by rented or public conveyance, which must be paid or reimbursed on a travel voucher.
2. When a state agency directly pays a commercial transportation company or owner of a self-service vehicle, the payment must be made on a purchase voucher.
3. When an employee is transferred and reimbursed for the expenses, the documentation must include a determination by the executive administrator/director that the transfer is in the best interest of the state.
4. A state agency must retain documentation in its files that:
   1. Explains whether a state-owned vehicle was available if a commercial transportation company or a self-service vehicle was used.
      –and–
   2. States the designated headquarters the employee is being transferred to and the designated headquarters the employee is being transferred from.
5. Comptroller object 7071 must be used if a commercial transportation company or self-service vehicle is used to move the household goods and effects of a state employee.