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B-187203 1 (1976-10-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaddyg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: iTHE rtCOvOMPTROLER KfGENVRA, LIECISIO Illi F THIE UNITED &37P4TEa 3 WASHINGTON, 0,C, 0U4D FILE:B-87203 DATE: OT 9T M4ATTE=R OF: Robort J. Lally r. -Miscollaneous expensus o Conmction of utilities to DIGEST: rwW residence Transferred employee purchased newXy con- structed residence, Cost oft iitial instal- laton of electrxical power from service to dwelling may not be reimbursed aince such expense.ias not mera connection of utilities, but involves structural alterations and is coat of purchase of real proprty. This action is in response to a request dated Awust 13, 1976,by C.D. Ioudorfer, an authorized certifyin officer of the Department of Justico, Federal Durcau of Investigation (FII), for a decision concerning the vouchor aubmiAtted by ro Robert J, Lally, Jr. for reirbursement of expenses asnociated with provIdint electrical servico to a nest residencc which ho purchased inciaoat to the trannfor ot hin official duty ptation, The record indicates that Mr. Larly, an employee of the F11, was transfnrrod fromn Washington, DC, to Baltimoreo taryland, effective Auust 23, 1975. Mr. [silly purcliased a nowly construAcI rodnce in Phoonix, V!aryland, a suburb of Ualti!aore, On Ottober 31, 1975, Mr Lally paid t242 to the Baltimore an and Electric Conpany for its servicen in establihinI the initial electrical conncction to the house. These servicse included the installation of powor lines fromu the nearest jorvice cables to the residence. Althouzh we ara not furnished with a copy of the purchasn arooment rAdo by the employee with tho builder, the certifyinc officer ntnten that such agreament provides that the instnllntion of the olectric motor, poles, sower, and water lines shall be at the buyer's expenso. Mfr, LAily han presented a travel voucher on which ho claims rainburneuent of the $242 urdar the mscollanooui expensos provisions of paragraph 2-3.1 of the Federal Travol Rtsgulations (?PPU, 101-7) (May 1973). The omploying agency sunpondod the iten, stating that the amount clnirrd tA ssociated with structural costs, and is there- fore not roirburuable. The agency cited to 11r. Lally our decisions in D-161562, Novonber 2, 1967; f-16411., Juno 10, 1960; and B-1723,3, April 23, 1971, in which we held that tho installation of wirinrs or electrical circuite constitute structural alterations ane there- fore are not roimburuable items. Mr Lally sooks to distinguish 4

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