AB 220

This bill limits reimbursement amounts for University of Wisconsin System

employees for lodging expenses to the maximum reimbursement amounts available

to other state employees.

Under current law, the Department of Administration recommends to the

legislative Joint Committee on Employment Relations uniform travel schedule

amounts for travel by state employees, including maximum amounts allowed for

lodging costs. The uniform travel schedule amounts approved by JCOER are

incorporated into the state compensation plan and generally apply to state

employees but do not apply to employees of the UW System. Instead, the Board of

Regents of the UW System must establish travel policies for UW System employees

and a schedule for the reimbursement of UW System employees for travel expenses.

Under this bill, the UW System's schedule for reimbursement of travel

expenses may not provide for reimbursement for lodging expenses incurred in this

state at a rate that exceeds the maximum rate for lodging expenses incurred in the

same location in this state under the approved uniform travel schedule incorporated

into the current state compensation plan.