A. The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall establish a procedure to expedite payment for a proper claim of a state employee for expenses recompensable pursuant to the provisions of the State Travel Reimbursement Act.
B. The procedure provided for in subsection A of this section shall:
1. Require payment within forty-five (45) days from the date on which a proper claim is submitted by the employee to the appropriate office of the agency for which the expenses were incurred; and
2. Provide for the payment of interest from the thirtieth day after receipt by the appropriate office of a proper claim for which payment has not been mailed, transmitted or delivered to the employee by the close of business on the forty-fifth day. Interest shall be at an annualized rate as reported by the State Treasurer to the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services based on an average of the interest rate for thirty-day time deposits of state funds during the last calendar quarter of the last preceding fiscal year.
C. For purposes of this section, "proper claim" means a claim for reimbursement of incurred expenses supported by all requisite documentation and complete in all respects for processing for payment.
D. Any employee, after the passage of the forty-five day limit provided for in subsection B of this section, who is aggrieved by the delay in payment of a proper claim with interest or who failed to receive interest as provided for in this section may file a grievance with the Office of the Governor. The grievance shall be transmitted from the Office of the Governor to the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services who, within fifteen (15) days after receipt of the grievance, shall:
1. Pay the claim with interest as provided for in this section; or
2. Report to the Governor and the aggrieved employee why such payment cannot be made.
Added by Laws 1986, c. 84, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1986. Renumbered from § 840.14a of this title by Laws 1994, c. 242, § 53. Amended by Laws 2012, c. 304, § 859.
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