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Section 1. NRS 218.220 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1. 218.220 1. The per diem expense allowance and the travel and

(b) A total of $1,000 during each special session of the legislature for

travel to and from his home or temporary residence or for traveling to and

from legislative committee and subcommittee meetings or hearings or for

individual travel within the state which relates to legislative business.

1. 4. Each senator and assemblyman is entitled to receive a per diem

1. expense allowance, not to exceed the maximum rate established by the

1. Federal Government for the Carson City area, for each day that the

1. legislature is in session or in a presession orientation conference and for

1. each day that he attends a meeting of a standing committee of which he is a

1. member when the legislature has adjourned for more than 4 days.

1. 5. Each senator and assemblyman who maintains temporary quarters in

1. or near Carson City for which he has entered into a lease or other

1. agreement for continuous occupancy for the duration of a legislative

1. session is entitled to receive a lodging allowance equal to that portion of

1. the expense allowance which the legislative commission designates by rule

1. as being allocated to lodging, for not more than 14 days in each period in

1. which:

1. (a) The legislature has adjourned until a time certain; and

1. (b) The senator or assemblyman is not entitled to a per diem expense

1. allowance pursuant to subsection 4.

1. 6. In addition to the per diem expense allowance authorized by

1. subsection 4 and the lodging allowance authorized by subsection 5, each

1. senator and assemblyman who maintains temporary quarters in or near

1. Carson City for which he has entered into a lease or other agreement for

1. continuous occupancy for the duration of a legislative session is entitled to

1. receive a lodging allowance equal to that portion of the expense allowance

1. which the legislative commission designates by rule as being allocated to

1. lodging, for not more than 17 days in each period in which:

1. (a) The legislature has adjourned for more than 4 days; and

1. (b) The senator or assemblyman must obtain temporary lodging in a

1. location that a standing committee of which he is a member is meeting.

1. 7. Each senator and assemblyman is entitled to receive a lodging

1. allowance equal to that portion of the expense allowance which the

1. legislative commission designates by rule as being allocated to lodging, for

1. not more than 6 days in each period in which:

1. (a) The legislature has adjourned for more than 4 days; an

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2. (b) The senator or assemblyman must obtain temporary lodging in a

1. location that a standing committee of which he is a member is meeting,

1. if the senator or assemblyman is not entitled to the per diem expense

1. allowance authorized by subsection 4 or the lodging allowances authorized

1. by subsections 5 and 6.

1. 8. Each senator and assemblyman is entitled to receive a telephone

1. allowance of not more than $2,800 for the payment of tolls and charges

1. incurred by him in the performance of official business during each regular

1. session of the legislature and not more than $300 during each special

1. session of the legislature.

1. 9. An employee of the legislature assigned to serve a standing

1. committee is entitled to receive the travel expenses and per diem expense

1. allowance provided by law for state employees generally if he is required to

1. attend a hearing of the committee outside Carson City.

1. 10. Claims for expenses made under the provisions of this section must

1. be paid from the legislative fund. Claims for per diem expense allowances

1. authorized by subsection 4 and lodging allowances authorized by

1. subsections 5, 6 and 7 must be paid once each week during a legislative

1. session and upon completion of a presession orientation conference.

1. 11. A claim for travel expenses authorized by subsection 2 or 3 must

1. not be paid unless the senator or assemblyman submits a signed statement

1. affirming:

1. (a) The date of the travel; and

1. (b) The places of departure and arrival and, if the travel is by private

1. conveyance, the actual miles traveled. If the travel is not by private

1. conveyance, the claim must include a receipt or other evidence of the

1. expenditure.

1. 12. Travel expenses authorized by subsections 2 and 3 are limited to:

1. (a) If the travel is by private conveyance, a rate equal to the standard

1. mileage reimbursement rate for which a deduction is allowed for the

1. purposes of federal income tax. If two or more legislators travel in the same

1. private conveyance, the legislator who provided or arranged for providing

1. the transportation is presumed entitled to reimbursement.

1. (b) If the travel is not by private conveyance, the actual amount

1. expended.

Transportation must be by the most economical means, considering total

cost, time spent in transit and the availability of state-owned automobiles.