- Mileage Allowances and Automobile Per Diem. (a) When an employee uses his or her personal automobile to conduct Department business as authorized by the General Manager (or his or her designee), he or she shall be compensated for such use during each calendar month for:
1. All miles driven – at the standard mileage rate as affixed by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS);
2. Necessary parking fees or charges, exclusive of the LADWP facilities.
3. The parties agree that when the standard mileage rate (as issued by the IRS for computing the deductible cost of operating a vehicle for business purposes) changes, the rate shall be changed to the same amount.
4. Appropriate changes, if required, will become effective in the payroll period following January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1, of each contract year.
(b) When an employee is required to have his or her personal automobile available for use to conduct Department business, he or she shall be paid compensation for such availability or use during each calendar month as authorized by the General Manager (or his or her designee) in accordance with the following schedule:
1. For each day during which the automobile is required to be available and is available but not actually driven on Department business -shall be paid in accordance with number 5 below.
2. For each day driven on Department business - shall be paid in accordance with number 5 below.
3. All miles driven - at the standard mileage rate as affixed by the IRS; and
4. Necessary parking fees or charges exclusive of LADWP facilities.
5. The automotive per diem referenced above in Article 9.5 (b) 1. and 2. shall be calculated based on 80 percent of the “Ownership Costs – Equivalent per day” as published annually by the Automobile Club of Southern California (AAA), or when said pamphlet is not published, at 85 percent of the “Ownership Costs- costs per day” for a medium sedan, as published annually in the AAA pamphlet entitled, “Your Driving Costs”.
