Texas Comptroller Manual of Accounts - Fiscal 2025
Expenditure Object 7114 – Travel Out-of-State - Actual Meal and Lodging Expenses, Overnight Travel

To record the payment of actual meal and lodging expenses incurred by a judicial officer, chief administrator of a state agency, Secretary of the Senate, members of the Legislature and other authorized employees traveling overnight and out of state. This code includes travel within the United States (except Texas), U.S. possessions, Mexico and Canada.

This code includes payments for actual meal and lodging expenses only.

This code does NOT include:

• Actual meal and lodging expenses -- overnight travel, in-state (7104)
• Compensatory or salary per diem (7025)
• Per diem, overnight travel (including the per diem in lieu of actual expenses for meal, lodging, and incidental expenses paid to members of the legislature) (7113)
• Meals and lodging, out-of-state (7116)
• Foreign travel (to countries other than U.S. possessions, the United Mexican States and Canada) (7121)
• Board or commission member meal and lodging expenses, out-of-state (7130)