49-7-130 - Reimbursement for airplane travel limited to standard coach fare.
49-7-130. Reimbursement for airplane travel limited to standard coach fare.
No official, officer, or employee of the state board of regents or the University of Tennessee board of trustees, or any institution under their control, shall be reimbursed for airplane travel in an amount in excess of standard coach fare for the applicable flight. Unless an emergency situation arises and the purchase or reimbursement for the purchase of tickets for travel by air in excess of the standard coach fare for the emergency situation is approved by the comptroller, no state appropriated or university funds shall be otherwise used to purchase air travel at rates in excess of standard coach fare for the applicable flight.
[Acts 2004, ch. 681, § 2.]