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    AN ACT concerning State government.

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


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



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    (30 ILCS 105/12-2)  (from Ch. 127, par. 148-2)



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    Sec. 12-2. (a) The chairmen of the travel control boards 
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established
by Section 12-1, or their designees, shall together 
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comprise the Travel
Regulation Council.  The Travel Regulation 
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Council shall be chaired by the
Director of Central Management 
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Services, who shall be a nonvoting member of
the Council, 
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unless he is otherwise qualified to vote by virtue of being
the 
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designee of a voting member.  No later than March 1, 1986, and 
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at least
biennially thereafter, the Council shall adopt State 
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Travel Regulations and
Reimbursement Rates which shall be 
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applicable to all personnel subject to
the jurisdiction of the 
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travel control boards established by Section 12-1.
An 
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affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the Council 
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shall be
required to adopt regulations and reimbursement rates.  
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If the Council
fails to adopt regulations by March 1 of any 
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odd-numbered year, the
Director of Central Management Services 
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shall adopt emergency regulations
and reimbursement rates 
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pursuant to the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.

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    (b) Mileage for automobile travel shall be reimbursed at 
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the allowance
rate in effect under regulations promulgated 
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pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 5707(b)(2).
However, in the event the rate 
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set under federal regulations increases during
the course of 
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the State's fiscal year, the effective date of the new rate 
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shall
be the July 1 immediately following the change in the 
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federal rate.
In the event the rate set under federal 
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regulations increases or decreases during the
course of the 
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State's fiscal year, the effective date of the new rate shall 
 


 






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be
the effective date of the change in the federal rate.

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    (c) Rates for reimbursement of expenses other than mileage 
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shall not
exceed the actual cost of travel as determined by the 
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United States
Internal Revenue Service.

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    (d) Reimbursements to travelers shall be made pursuant to 
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the rates and
regulations applicable to the respective State 
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agency as of the effective
date of this amendatory Act, until 
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the State Travel Regulations and
Reimbursement Rates 
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established by this Section are adopted and effective.

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    (e) Lodging in Cook County, Illinois and the District of 
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Columbia shall be
reimbursed at the maximum lodging rate in 
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effect under regulations promulgated
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
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5701-5709.  For purposes of this subsection (e), the
District of

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Columbia shall include the cities and counties included in the 
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per diem
locality of the
District of Columbia, as defined by 
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the regulations in effect promulgated
pursuant to 5
U.S.C. 
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5701-5709.  Individual travel control boards may set a lodging

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reimbursement rate
more restrictive than the rate set forth in 
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the federal regulations.

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(Source: P.A. 92-315, eff. 8-9-01; 93-154, eff. 7-10-03.)