Expenses

1. The director and the director’s staff, assistants, and employees shall, in addition to salary, receive their necessary traveling expenses by the nearest traveled and practicable route, when engaged in the performance of official business. 2. The department of administrative services shall work with the department to develop and implement an expense policy applicable to the members of a board, commission, committee, or other body under the auspices of the department who meet the income requirements for payment of per diem in accordance with section 7E.6, subsection 2. The policy shall allow for the payment of the member’s expenses to be addressed through use of direct billings, travel purchase card, prepaid expenses, or other alternative means of addressing the expenses in lieu of reimbursement of the member.