160 R.I. Code R. 160-RICR-00-00-1.8
Approval for travel of legislative employees shall be made only by the Chairman of the Joint Committee on Legislative Services, or by his/her designees. Employees of the Legislative Department shall be subject to the provisions of the state travel regulations in the same manner as all other state employees.
Wherever practicable, legislators who are required to travel in the course of legislative business shall be subject to provisions of the state travel regulations with the following exceptions:
Exception: Authority for legislators' travel will be determined and approved in advance by the Chairman of the Joint Committee on Legislative Services, and travel expenditures will be charged to the appropriate legislative accounts.
Exception: Legislators will be entitled to per diem allowances of meals ($30) and miscellaneous ($10). Allowances are to be computed without regard to fractional days.
160 R.I. Code R. 160-RICR-00-00-1.8