N.M. Admin. Code § 2.42.3.9

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 23, December 10, 2024

Section 2.42.3.9 - ACTUAL AND REASONABLE MOVING EXPENSES ALLOWED

A. If a public officer or employee uses an authorized mover to move his or her household goods and personal effects from a former residence to a new residence, the public officer or employee may be reimbursed for the following actual and reasonable moving expenses:

(1) the cost of packing the public officer's or employee's household goods and personal effects;

(2) the cost of crating the public officer's or employee's household goods and personal effects;

(3) the cost of any in-transit storage charges, not exceeding three months, of the public officer's or employee's household goods and personal effects;

(4) the cost of insurance for loss or damage to the public officer's or employee's household goods and personal effects while in-transit from the public officer's or employee's former residence to the public officer's or employee's new residence; and

(5) the cost of actual and reasonable household and personal effects moving expenses from the former residence to the new residence.

B. As used in paragraph 9.1.5 of this rule [now Paragraph 5 of Subsection A of 2.42.3.9 NMAC], "reasonable household and personal effects moving expenses" shall not include any expenses or other costs incurred in the packing, crating, storing, moving or insuring of the following items:

(1) firewood;

(2) building materials;

(3) play sand;

(4) explosives;

(5) flammables, oily mops, rags, or acid;

(6) boats;

(7) animals, birds, or other live creatures;

(8) potted plants or shrubbery;

(9) automobiles, trucks, recreational vehicles and travel trailers; and

(10) storage sheds.

C. If a public officer or employee does not use an authorized mover to move his household goods and personal effects from a former residence to a new residence, the public officer or employee may be reimbursed for:

(1) the actual cost of renting a truck from an authorized truck rental firm to move his or her household goods and personal effects; and

(2) the actual cost of renting a trailer from an authorized trailer rental firm and one-way mileage for the use of a personal vehicle at the rate set forth in the Per Diem and Mileage Act and DFA Rule 95-1 [now 2.42.2 NMAC], as amended, from the former residence to the new residence.

D. Vouchers submitted pursuant to this section must be accompanied by receipts for all money claimed, except for reimbursement for mileage.

E. The maximum amount of reimbursement and expenses for any eligible public officer or employee pursuant to Section 9 [now 2.42.3.9 NMAC] is limited to four thousand dollars ($4,000) per move, subject to the following exception: eligible public officers or employees may also be reimbursed for the actual and reasonable expense of moving a manufactured home if the following conditions are met:

(1) the manufactured home was the public officer or employee's former residence;

(2) the move is completed by an authorized mover.

N.M. Admin. Code § 2.42.3.9

5/15/97; 9/15/00; Recompiled 10/1/01