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B-192043 1 (1978-08-11)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadggo0001 and id is 1 raw text is: N I srfE COMPTC.a.L.R GENeRAL DECISION .OF TE UNITEC STATEs WASH1INSeOCs. D.C. 2o54 FILE: B-192043 DATE: August 1i, 17{8 MATTER OF: James F. Murdock - Claim for reimbursement for travel expenses in connection with Jury Duty DIG&IT: Employee served as juror in the Court of Knox County, Knoxville, Tennessee. State statute established u minimum fee payment oa $10 per day while giving counties authorization to increase that allowance and to reimburse jurors for travel expenses. County de- clined to authorize travel expenses and omployee claims mileage and parking fees from the United States Govern- ment. Employee is not entitled to the travel expenses claimed either in the form of a reduction or offset against the remuneration paid over to the Government under 5 U. S. C. 5 5515 or as travel allowances 3ince the expenses claimed were incident to his duty as citizen of a State and not as an employee of the United States. By a l0ter dated March 23, 1978, T. F, Thuistrup, an authorized certifying officer of the Department of Energy, requested our decision concerning a claim by James F. Murdock, an employee of the Depart- ment of Energy, for reimbursement for incremental expenses in con- nection with jury duty. The record shows that Mr. Murdock served as a juror in the Court of Knox County, Knoxville, Tennessee, for 20 days during the period January 30 through March 8, 1978. For 15 of those 20 days, Mr. Murdock was able 'o report for his usual employment in addition to serving as a juror. On each of those days, Mr. Murdock made an automobile trip from his Knoxville residence to his office and return as well as a round trip to the courthouse. Mr. Murdock received a flat allowance of $10 per day from the court for his service. The total allowance of $200 was credited against the Government salary which he received during the period of jury duty pursuant to 5 U. S. C. § 5515 (1976). Mr. Murdock argues that this $200 amount should be reduced or offset by $91.30 repre- senting expenses iricurred by him incident to his jury duty. Since the $200 allowance has already been remitted to the claimant's office of employment, he has submitted a claim for reimbursement of those expenses. The amount claimed represents $66.30 for mileage and $25 for parking fees (20 days at $1. 25 per day). The claim for mileage arises from the necessity of the claimant to make two trips on 15 of the 20 days he served as a juror. t~ PU.: I '1 I V I I

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