Public Act 93-0154

SB1918 Enrolled                      LRB093 08770 RCE 09001 b

    AN ACT regarding finance.

    Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:

    Section  5.  The State Finance Act is amended by changing
Section 12-2 as follows:

    (30 ILCS 105/12-2) (from Ch. 127, par. 148-2)
    Sec. 12-2.  (a) The chairmen of the travel control boards
established  by  Section  12-1,  or  their  designees,  shall
together comprise the Travel Regulation Council.  The  Travel
Regulation  Council  shall  be  chaired  by  the  Director of
Central Management Services, who shall be a nonvoting  member
of  the  Council, unless he is otherwise qualified to vote by
virtue of being the designee of a voting  member.   No  later
than  March  1, 1986, and at least biennially thereafter, the
Council   shall   adopt   State   Travel   Regulations    and
Reimbursement   Rates   which  shall  be  applicable  to  all
personnel subject to the jurisdiction of the  travel  control
boards  established by Section 12-1. An affirmative vote of a
majority of the members of the Council shall be  required  to
adopt  regulations  and  reimbursement rates.  If the Council
fails to adopt regulations by March  1  of  any  odd-numbered
year, the Director of Central Management Services shall adopt
emergency regulations and reimbursement rates pursuant to the
Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.
    (b)  Mileage for automobile travel shall be reimbursed at
the  allowance  rate  in effect under regulations promulgated
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 5707(b)(2). However, in  the  event  the
rate  set  under federal regulations increases changes during
the course of the State's fiscal year, the effective date  of
the  new  rate  shall be the July 1 immediately following the
change in the federal rate. In the event the rate  set  under
federal  regulations  decreases  during  the  course  of  the
State's fiscal year, the effective date of the new rate shall
be the effective date of the change in the federal rate.
    (c)  Rates  for  reimbursement  of  expenses  other  than
mileage  shall  not  exceed  the  actual  cost  of  travel as
determined by the United States Internal Revenue Service.
    (d)  Reimbursements to travelers shall be  made  pursuant
to  the  rates  and  regulations applicable to the respective
State agency as of the effective date of this amendatory Act,
until the State Travel Regulations  and  Reimbursement  Rates
established by this Section are adopted and effective.
    (e)  Lodging in Cook County, Illinois and the District of
Columbia  shall  be reimbursed at the maximum lodging rate in
effect under regulations promulgated  pursuant  to  5  U.S.C.
5701-5709.  For purposes of this subsection (e), the District
of Columbia shall include the cities and counties included in
the per diem locality of the District of Columbia, as defined
by the regulations in effect promulgated pursuant to 5 U.S.C.
5701-5709.   Individual  travel  control  boards  may  set  a
lodging reimbursement rate more restrictive than the rate set
forth in the federal regulations.
(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99; 92-315, eff. 8-9-01.)

    Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.