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B-181435 1 (1975-02-12)

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                             THE  COMPTROLLER GENERAL
DECISIDil             ~      OF   THE UNITED         STATES
                             WASHINGTON. D.C. 2054G
                                                         6b  63 (o


FILE:    B-181435                   DATE:     FEB  1 2 1975

MATTER OF:       Waldean D. Asheim - Reimbursement for settlement
                 of unexpired lease incident to change of station.
)IGEST:     IEmployee is entitled to reimbursement for expenses
            incurred for repairs to leased property under sub-
            section 2-6.2h of FPE4R 101-7, May 1973, where lease
            provided for addition of value of such repairs to
            prepaid rent since such expenses were incurred in
            settlement of lease incident to change of station.

      This action is a request for an advance decision by a
 certifying officer concerning the claim of Mr. Waldean D. Asheim,
 an employee of the Department of A~griculture, Farmers Home
 Administration, at Timber Lake, South Dakota, for reimbursement
 for the cost of settling an unexpired lease incident to a change
 of official station.

      The facts as reported disclose that on July 7, 1973,
 Mr. Asheim entered into a lease for rental of a house in Bison,
 South Dakota.  The lease provided, in pertinent part, as follows:

      AS OF JUNE 1, 1973, THE TENANT HAS AN INVESTMENT
      OF $1,600.00 IN PREPAID RENT. TIIS INVESTTMENT WILL
      HERPAFTER BE C1A)RGED OIF AT A RATE OF $60.00 A
      MONTH.  THE TENANT AGREES TO MAINTAIN THE HOUSE
      AND YARDS IN REASONABLY GOOD CONDITION. ANY
      FURTHER REPAIrS TO THE PROPERTY H7ILL BE AGREED TO
      IN WRITING, ATTACHED TO THIS LEASE, AND THE TOTAL
      AMOUNT FOR THE REPAIRS ADDED TO THE $1,600.00
      MENTIONED ABOVE.

      IF THIE LANDLORD MUST ASIK THE TENANT TO VACATE T1.E
      PROPERTY FO   EASO:1 S OT1ER TTIA'N VIOLATION 0 THIS
      LEASE, THE LANDLORD SHALL REIMBURSE THE TENANT FOR
      ANY UNUSED PORTION OF THE RENT. IF THE TENANT
      VACATES THE PROPERTY, THE PREPAID RENT WILL BE
      FORFEITED TO THE LANDLORD.

      Mr. Asheimadethe   requirea investment of $1,600 in prepaid
 rent upon entering the lease.  On October 9, 1973, and January 14,
 1974, he paid for additional repairs consistinag of $492 for a pump
 for a well and services incident thereto, and $35 for a pump for a

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