The Comptroller of Public Accounts adopts an amendment to §5.1 regarding definitions, with changes to the proposed text as published in the August 14, 2015, issue of the Texas Register (40 TexReg 5138). The adopted amendment corrects a typographical error in new paragraph (5) by changing "transportation network company driver" to "transportation network driver."

The amendment to §5.1 is adopted in conjunction with an amendment to §5.22 regarding State of Texas travel guidance. These adopted amendments clarify that a transportation network driver is considered to be a "commercial transportation company" under Government Code, §660.092, allowing a state agency to pay or reimburse the expense of transporting a state employee when the transportation is provided by a transportation network driver. The amendment also deletes a definition that has become obsolete.

Former paragraph (3) is deleted because that definition has become obsolete. Subsequent paragraphs are renumbered accordingly.

New paragraphs (5) and (6) add definitions of "transportation network company" and "transportation network driver." These terms are used in the proposed amendment to §5.22. Subsequent paragraphs are renumbered accordingly.

No comments were received regarding adoption of the amendment.

This amendment is adopted under Government Code, §660.021, which authorizes the comptroller to adopt rules relating to the administration of travel provisions for the State of Texas.

This amendment implements Government Code, §660.092 regarding payment and reimbursement methods.