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B-184623 1 (1975-10-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadcuc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: . - Maxwell H. Gifford - Reimbursement of Cost of Collision Damage Waiver Insurance Employee claims reimbursement of collision damage waiver insurance of $45 that he paid upon rental of automobile while on temporary duty. Claimant states that rental agent told him insurance fee would have to be paid before automobile could be released to him. Examination of rental contract supplied by claimant,. however, indicates that collision damage waiver insurance was optional item and claimant could have elected to indemnify agency for collision damage not to exceed $100. Reimbursement of such insurance expenses is prohibited by section 3.2c, Standardized Government Travel Regulations, effective at time of rental, and claim may not be allowed. FILE: B-184623 MATTER OF: DATE: OCT 2 1 1975 This matter involves the reconsideration of a settlement (Claim Nn. 7-9508638) issued by our Transportation and C-aze Division on April 4, 1975, that disallowed the claim of Mr. Maxwell H. Gifford, a civilian employee of the Naval Air Station, Alameda, California, for reimbursement of $45, representing the cost of collision damage waiver insurance purchased by him on June 6, 1972, in connection with the rental of an automobile while on a temporary duty assignment in Honolulu, Hawaii. Mr. Gifford's claim was disallowed in accordance with the provisions of section 3.2c, Standardized Government Travel Regulations (SGTR), effective October 10, 1971, which provided as follows: Damage waiver on rental automobiles. In connection with the rental of automobiles from commercial sources the Government will not pay nor will it reimburse employees for the cost of the collision damage waiver or collision damage insurance available in commerical rental contracts for an extra fee. The waiver or insurance referred to is the type offered a renter to release him from liability for damage to the OcT'i aC/Q-a C THE CDMPTROLLER GENERAL OSCISIC3N . OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. 0. C. 20548 DIGEST: 9 -7 go -5,

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