Lodging and Meal Expenses. 1. Employees in travel status in the performance of their duties shall be entitled to expenses of necessary lodging and/or meals. They shall be allowed actual reasonable costs of lodging and/or meals, including tax and gratuities, provided that with respect to meals consumed in Maine, the maximum amount which shall be allowed for breakfast shall be six dollars ($6.00), for lunch, eight dollars ($8.00) and for dinner, fourteen dollars ($14.00) or maximum per diem rate of twenty eight dollars ($28.00) per day with receipts. Notwithstanding this provision, employees in any MCC/System Office which, as of January 1, 1979, had a formal written policy providing higher limits reimbursing employees for meals shall have such limits continued. Nothing contained in this Article shall be deemed to alter the present Trustees policy prohibiting reimbursement for noon meals unless the meal is part of an organized meeting or program or overnight travel.
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