CFR > Title 41 - Public Contracts and Property Management > SUBTITLE F—Federal Travel Regulation System > CHAPTER 302—RELOCATION ALLOWANCES (parts 302-1 to 302-17) > SUBCHAPTER E—RESIDENCE TRANSACTION ALLOWANCES (parts 302-11 to 302-15) > PART 302-15—ALLOWANCE FOR PROPERTY MANAGEMENT SERVICES > SUBPART B—Agency Responsibilities (§302-15.70 to §302-15.70) > 302-15.70—What governing policies must we establish for the allowance for property management services?

302-15.70—What governing policies must we establish for the allowance for property management services?

You must establish policies and procedures governing:
(a) When you will authorize payment for property management services for an employee who transfers in the interest of the Government;
(b) Who will determine, for relocations to official stations in the United States, whether payment for property management services is more advantageous and cost effective than sale of an employee's residence at Government expense;
(c) If and when you will allow an employee who was offered and accepted payment for property management services to change his/her mind and elect instead to sell his/her residence at Government expense in accordance with paragraph (d) of this section; and
(d) How you will offset expenses you have paid for property management services against payable expenses for sale of the employee's residence when an eligible employee who elected payment for property management services later changes his/her mind and elects instead to sell his/her residence at Government expense.

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Effective Date Note: By FTR Amdt. 2011-01, 76 FR 18344, Apr. 1, 2011, § 302-15.70 was revised, effective Aug. 1, 2011. For the convenience of the user, the revised text is set forth as follows: § 302-15.70 What governing policies must we establish for the allowance for property management services? You must establish policies and procedures governing: (a) When you will authorize payment for property management services for an employee who transfers in the interest of the Government; (b) When it is appropriate to authorize this service on a reimbursable basis to the employee, rather than paying the property management company directly, as long as any reimbursement is equal to or less than the agency negotiated rate for this service (agencies may require that employees hire only licensed and/or certified property managers).
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(c) Who will determine, for relocations to official duty stations in the United States, whether payment for property management services is more advantageous and cost effective than sale of an employee's residence at Government expense; (d) If and when you will allow an employee who was offered and accepted payment for property management services to change his/her residence at Government expense in accordance with paragraph (e) of this section; and (e) How you will offset expenses you have paid for property management services against payable expenses for sale of the employee's residence when an eligible employee who elected payment for property management services later changes his/her mind and elects instead to sell his/her residence at Government expense.