Decree on Expenses, Attendance Fees and Other Compensation - Reimbursement of Expenses

1. Members of the cantonal authorities, courts, and cantonal commissions, as well as personnel remunerated by the canton, are entitled to reimbursement for expenses necessarily incurred in the fulfillment of their functions.

2. If the beneficiaries can significantly influence the amount of expenses, particularly in the case of meal and travel expenses, compensation shall be based on usual costs corresponding to an average standard of living rather than actual costs.

3. The governing council regulates the details of entitlement, particularly with respect to the use of private vehicles and the reimbursement of public transport fare classes and private subscriptions. It establishes the compensation rates according to paragraph 2; in determining the compensation rates for meals, it may take into account the savings beneficiaries make in their household expenses due to dining out.

1. For specific groups or individual employees with frequent expenses related to their official duties, the government council may determine the expense reimbursements on a flat-rate basis. The flat rate must correspond to the average expenses associated with the respective function over the course of a year.

1. Members of commissions appointed by the canton receive a meeting allowance in addition to reimbursement of expenses for their activities.

2. Employees who are remunerated by the canton are not entitled to meeting allowances.

3. Teachers have no entitlement to meeting allowances for activities within the scope of their professional duties. An entitlement exists for participation in commissions of the Department of Education and the Education Council.

1. The Meeting Allowance is as follows

a) For half a day: CHF 60.-

b) For a full day: CHF 120.-

2. For the Chair and Secretariat roles, the Meeting Allowance is doubled.

3. The Government Council, Department Leadership, or Judicial Leadership may

a) specify an additional flat-rate compensation, up to three times the Meeting Allowance, for particularly challenging or time-consuming presidencies and special functions;

b) establish compensation based on time expenditure and/or industry-standard rates for qualified professionals instead of the Meeting Allowance;

c) determine, in lieu of the Meeting Allowance and any possible flat-rate compensation, a corresponding reduction in workload for teachers according to § 3 para. 3;

d) set the Meeting Allowance for short meetings lasting up to a maximum of one hour at up to three-quarters of the rate for half a day in individual cases.

2. All compensations, attendance fees, and expenses received from exercising official mandates in external administrative bodies must be delivered to the state treasury when the mandate is performed in the fulfillment of official duties.

1. Witnesses shall receive the following compensations for appearing before an authority

a) for loss of time, including travel time, CHF 20.- per hour,

b) for proven loss of salary or earnings, compensation of up to CHF 65.- per hour may be granted instead of the compensation according to letter a,

c) an expense allowance according to § 1.

2. Informants shall receive compensations according to the same rates; in special cases, this may be waived.

1. The deciding authority determines the compensations for experts as well as translators and interpreters.

1. For members of examination boards as well as for examination experts, the government council may establish a flat-rate compensation in lieu of the meeting allowance, up to a maximum amount equal to four times the meeting allowance pursuant to § 4 paragraph 1.

1. The Government Council may regulate additional compensations in individual cases and in analogous application of this decree, provided that they do not involve salary components or salary allowances.

1. This decree is to be published in the official legislative collection.

2. The government council determines the date of its entry into force.

3. The decree regarding the determination of session fees, daily allowances, and travel reimbursements dated March 20, 1923, is repealed.

1. Claims for compensation existing at the time this decree comes into force shall be settled according to the previous law.