Agreement-SDN-113-2025

This Regulation contains the general standards regulated in the same military legislation, which currently establishes the considerations that derive from the various assignments where members of the military institution are appointed, and which consequently results in the economic recognition that is linked to the position or post to be held.

The purpose of this regulation is to establish the necessary guidelines for better administration of State resources, regarding the amounts assigned as payment of expenses by position for members of the Armed Forces assigned to this State Secretariat in the Office of National Defense in relation to rank, position, risk, zone location, and specialty. CHAPTER II DEFINITIONS

For purposes of application and interpretation of this regulation, the following concepts are defined:

• a)

  Assignment: It is the destination for the provision of service given to members of the Armed Forces in accordance with the appointment agreement.

• b)

  Rank: The position held by a member of the Armed Forces within the military hierarchy.

• c)

  Officers: Honduran citizens by birth who have been promoted from the rank of Sub-Lieutenant to General of Division or their equivalents as long as they meet the incorporation requirements.

• d)

  Payment by position: An additional emolument, temporary, non-taxable, which does not constitute part of the salary and which is granted based on position, risk, and zone location.

• e)

  Risks: The dangers or difficulties faced by the member of the Armed Forces in the performance of their functions.

• f)

  Non-commissioned Officers: Permanent military professional of the Armed Forces, graduates of National or Foreign Non-commissioned Officer Training Schools, constituting a special condition in time, duties and rights according to their category.

• g)

  Troops: Honduran citizens by birth who, in accordance with the Military Service Law, are in active status in the Armed Forces.

• h)

  Geographic Location: The place where the member of the Armed Forces is assigned to provide their services. CHAPTER III SPECIAL PROVISIONS

It is the responsibility of the Secretary of State in the Office of National Defense to issue instructions to assign or transfer personnel of the Armed Forces assigned to the State Secretariat in the Office of National Defense with the purpose of employing them in the appropriate manner and fully complying with the missions legally entrusted to this State Secretariat.

Armed Forces personnel assigned to the State Secretariat in the Office of National Defense have the right, as compensation for their services, to the benefit of allowances by position.

Armed Forces personnel assigned to the State Secretariat in the Office of National Defense may not receive more than one benefit in the form of payment of expenses by position. Violation of this provision shall give rise to civil, criminal, and administrative liability.

Payment of expenses by position and benefits shall be made effective monthly to personnel assigned to the State Secretariat in the Office of National Defense.

The Administrative Management office of this State Secretariat, as the entity responsible for budgetary administration, shall grant payments by position, food and transportation expenses, through a table according to the rank or category of members of the Armed Forces, as detailed hereinafter: 1) Payment table by position according to the rank of Officers of the Armed Forces. To cover the payments by position authorized for Officers personnel, budgetary availability is approved in the following structure: Institution 90, Program 01, Executive Unit 09, Expenditure Object 11400. 2) Food and transportation table for Non-commissioned Officers and Troops of the Armed Forces. To cover the food and transportation expenses authorized for Non-commissioned Officers and Troops personnel, budgetary availability is approved in the following structure: Institution 90; Program 01, Executive Unit 01, Expenditure Object 25100 and 31110.

Prior to the assignment of military personnel to the State Secretariat in the Office of National Defense, verification of budgetary availability must be requested from the Administrative Management office to cover the payment.

Military personnel assigned to the State Secretariat in the Office of National Defense shall receive the food and transportation benefit that is mainly received by other members of the Armed Forces of Honduras assigned to the various military units.

The expenses table by position shall be subject to updates taking into consideration currency devaluation and the national economic condition, which must be duly authorized by the Secretary of State in the Office of National Defense and approved by the State Secretariat in the Office of Finance.

The Administrative Management office of this State Secretariat, as the entity responsible for budgetary administration, shall grant payments by position, food and transportation expenses, through a table according to the rank or category of members of the Armed Forces, as detailed hereinafter: 1) Payment table by position according to the rank of Officers of the Armed Forces. To cover the payments by position authorized for Officers personnel, budgetary availability is approved in the following structure: Institution 90, Program 01, Executive Unit 09, Expenditure Object 11400. 2) Food and transportation table for Non-commissioned Officers and Troops of the Armed Forces. CATEGORY MONTHLY PAYMENT Non-commissioned Officers and Troops Personnel L 4,000.00 broken down as follows: L 2,000.00 for food expenses and L 2,000.00 for transportation expenses. To cover the food and transportation expenses authorized for Non-commissioned Officers and Troops personnel, budgetary availability is approved in the following structure: Institution 90; Program 01, Executive Unit 01, Expenditure Object 25100 and 31110. RANK MONTHLY PAYMENT Colonel or equivalent L 33,000.00 Lieutenant Colonel or equivalent L 28,000.00 Major or equivalent L 20,000.00 Captain or equivalent L 15,000.00 Lieutenant or equivalent L 12,000.00 Sub-Lieutenant or equivalent L 10,000.00

The Administrative Management office of this State Secretariat, as the entity responsible for budgetary administration, shall grant payments by position, food and transportation expenses, through a table according to the rank or category of members of the Armed Forces, as detailed hereinafter: 1) Payment table by position according to the rank of Officers of the Armed Forces. To cover the payments by position authorized for Officers personnel, budgetary availability is approved in the following structure: Institution 90, Program 01, Executive Unit 09, Expenditure Object 11400. 2) Food and transportation table for Non-commissioned Officers and Troops of the Armed Forces. CATEGORY MONTHLY PAYMENT Non-commissioned Officers and Troops Personnel L 4,000.00 broken down as follows: L 2,000.00 for food expenses and L 2,000.00 for transportation expenses. To cover the food and transportation expenses authorized for Non-commissioned Officers and Troops personnel, budgetary availability is approved in the following structure: Institution 90; Program 01, Executive Unit 01, Expenditure Object 25100 and 31110. RANK MONTHLY PAYMENT Colonel or equivalent L 33,000.00 Lieutenant Colonel or equivalent L 28,000.00 Major or equivalent L 20,000.00 Captain or equivalent L 15,000.00 Lieutenant or equivalent L 12,000.00 Sub-Lieutenant or equivalent L 10,000.00 TITLE II FINAL PROVISIONS SOLE CHAPTER GENERAL PROCEDURES

This State Secretariat may: a. Suspend the benefit when, due to the nature of their work, the military member has to be absent from this State Secretariat for more than one (01) month, whether to fulfill any training course, training requirement, or of any other kind, which shall result in being disqualified from receiving payment by position during the time they are away. b. Cancel the benefit for reasons that the member of the Armed Forces is no longer assigned to the State Secretariat in the Office of National Defense. c. Payment of expenses by position, food and transportation benefits may be canceled or suspended when complying with security missions for officials who are not assigned to this State Secretariat.

For provisions not foreseen in this regulation, the supplementary provisions in the applicable military legislation shall govern, or failing that, those of Administrative law that correspond.

The Secretariat of State in the Office of National Defense may modify this regulation at any time, in accordance with the Law of Personnel for Members of the Armed Forces and other applicable legal provisions in force.

This Regulation shall enter into force as of the date of its publication in the Official Gazette "La Gaceta". Done in the city of Tegucigalpa, municipality of the Central District, on the twenty-sixth (26) day of the month of June in the year two thousand twenty-five (2025). COMMUNICATE AND PUBLISH: LICENCIADO ORLANDO ENRIQUE GARNER ORDÓÑEZ UNDERSECRETARY OF STATE OF THE SECRETARIAT OF STATE IN THE OFFICE OF NATIONAL DEFENSE ABOGADA ELENA MICHELLE VALLECILLO FUENTES GENERAL SECRETARY OF THE SECRETARIAT OF STATE IN THE OFFICE OF NATIONAL DEFENSE