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B-192129 1 (1979-03-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadgzk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DECISIN FILE: B-192129 THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, D. C. 20548 IT -3-~$ DATE: March 8, 1979 MATTER OF: Paul S. Skabo - elocation Expenses , Settlement of Unexpired Lease DIGEST: Transferred employee who terminated unexpired lease at old duty station claims reimbursement for the forfeiture of security deposit of $250 consisting of $100 premises deposit and $150 pet deposit. Employee may be reimbursed for full amount forfeited. pursuant FTR para. 2-6.2h where facts show that forfeiture of pet deposit was incident to termination of unexpired lease as result of transfer and was in no way related to possession of pet. By letter dated June 7, 1978, Mr. H. Frank Hann, Director, Financial Management Division of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), requested an advance decision on the claim of Mr. Paul S. Skabo, an employee of NASA, for reimbursement of $250 forfeited as a security deposit when he terminated a lease in connection with a permanent change of station. The record shows that Mr. Skabo, at the time an Federal Aviation Administration in Atlanta, Georgia, NASA on November 16, 1977, that he had been selected the Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas. Mr. Skabo required service agreement on November 21, 1977, and Houston on November 27, 1977. employee of the was notified by for a position at executed the entered on duty at Mr. Skabo occupied rented quarters at his old duty station. His lease was for the term commencing on September 1, 1977, and expiring on February 28, 1978. The lease required him to pay a security deposit in the amount of $250. This security deposit consisted of a premises deposit of $100 and a pet deposit of $150. Section 19 of the lease provided, in pertinent part, that a resident who terminated his lease due to an employment transfer was released from the conditions of the lease agreement. However, upon such a termination, the entire security deposit vested in the apartment manager. By letter of November 27, 1977, Mr. Skabo was advised by the assistant apartment manager that due to his failure to fulfill the full term of the lease because of his transfer, his security deposit of $250 was being retained. The Federal Travel Regulations (FPMI 101-7, (May 1973) para. 2-6.2h provides, in pertinent part, that expenses incurred for settling an unexpired lease of residence quarters occupied by the employee are reimbursable when the terms of the lease provide for settlement expenses.

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