Exceptions
Travel With or Representing Legislators or Certain Officials

The supporting documentation must include the original or a copy of the document designating the state employee to represent the designating party at the meeting or conference, or authorizing the state employee to travel with the designating party and receive reimbursement of actual expenses. The document must be from the chief administrator of the state agency that employs the designating party. The document must have been written before the travel occurred and must indicate the approximate cost of the travel, per Texas Government Code, Section 660.208.

A travel voucher must be submitted for each state employee.

The supporting documentation for the reimbursement of a lodging expense must include the name and address of the commercial lodging establishment. A receipt for a lodging expense is not required, per Texas Government Code, Section 660.115(b).