The per diem rates for official state travel outside South Dakota are as follows:

1. (1) The actual cost of lodging up to a maximum of $175 plus tax a day. A person designated as having authority to approve out-of-state travel requests may at the person's discretion approve an additional allowance of up to $100 a day for lodging provided the total amount paid to the employee as reimbursement for lodging does not exceed the actual cost of that lodging; and

2. (2) An allowance for meals of $10 for breakfast, $18 for lunch, and $28 for dinner a day while on travel status.

   Elected state constitutional officers and public utilities commissioners shall be reimbursed for actual expenses for lodging and meals if the officials provide receipts. Such officials may, in lieu of providing receipts for meals, be reimbursed in accordance with subdivision (2) of this section.

Source: SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; 3 SDR 34, effective November 7, 1976; 4 SDR 8, effective August 15, 1977; 6 SDR 15, effective August 30, 1979; 7 SDR 52, effective May 1, 1981; 10 SDR 62, effective January 1, 1984; 15 SDR 194, effective June 22, 1989; 19 SDR 68, effective July 1, 1993; 25 SDR 146, effective July 1, 1999; 31 SDR 115, effective January 27, 2005; 33 SDR 212, adopted May 15, 2007, effective July 1, 2007; 41 SDR 218, effective July 1, 2015 ; 45 SDR 159, effective July 1, 2019 .

General Authority: SDCL 3-9-2.

Law Implemented: SDCL 3-9-2.

Prior versions effective: 2015-07-01, 2007-07-01.