5:01:02 :07. Private airplane rates. The mileage rates for any state employee flying a privately owned or rented airplane while traveling on state business are as follows:

1. (1) Piston single engine -- $2.50 per statute mile;
2. (2) Piston multi engine -- $4.00 per statute mile;
3. (3) Turbo prop multi engine with fewer than nine seats -- $4.65 per statute mile; and

4. (4) Turbo prop multi engine with nine seats or more -- $5.65 per statute mile.

   Travel by privately owned or rented airplanes may be authorized only by the head of the department.

Source: SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; 1 SDR 44, effective December 9, 1974; 2 SDR 14, effective August 27, 1975; 3 SDR 92, effective July 10, 1977; 6 SDR 15, effective August 30, 1979; 7 SDR 52, effective May 1, 1981; 10 SDR 62, effective January 1, 1984; 14 SDR 61, effective October 28, 1987; 21 SDR 4, effective July 22, 1994; 25 SDR 146, effective July 1, 1999; 33 SDR 212, adopted May 15, 2007, effective July 1, 2007; 41 SDR 218, effective July 1, 2015.

General Authority: SDCL 3-9-1 , 3-9-2.

Law Implemented: SDCL 3-9-1 , 3-9-2.

Prior versions effective: 2007-07-01.