Rep. Elaine Nekritz

Filed: 5/24/2010

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3660

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3660, AS AMENDED,
3 by inserting Article 20 in its proper numeric sequence as
4 follows:
 
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"ARTICLE 20.

 
6     Section 20-5. The State Finance Act is amended by changing
7 Section 12-2 as follows:
 
8     (30 ILCS 105/12-2)  (from Ch. 127, par. 148-2)
9     Sec. 12-2. (a) The chairmen of the travel control boards
10 established by Section 12-1, or their designees, shall together
11 comprise the Travel Regulation Council. The Travel Regulation
12 Council shall be chaired by the Director of Central Management
13 Services, who shall be a nonvoting member of the Council,
14 unless he is otherwise qualified to vote by virtue of being the
15 designee of a voting member. No later than March 1, 1986, and

 

 

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1 at least biennially thereafter, the Council shall adopt State
2 Travel Regulations and Reimbursement Rates which shall be
3 applicable to all personnel subject to the jurisdiction of the
4 travel control boards established by Section 12-1. An
5 affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the Council
6 shall be required to adopt regulations and reimbursement rates.
7 If the Council fails to adopt regulations by March 1 of any
8 odd-numbered year, the Director of Central Management Services
9 shall adopt emergency regulations and reimbursement rates
10 pursuant to the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.
11     (b) Mileage for automobile travel shall be reimbursed at
12 the allowance rate in effect under regulations promulgated
13 pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 5707(b)(2). In the event the rate set
14 under federal regulations increases or decreases during the
15 course of the State's fiscal year, the effective date of the
16 new rate shall be the effective date of the change in the
17 federal rate.
18     Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary,
19 mileage for automobile travel during State fiscal year 2011
20 shall be reimbursed at a rate of $0.39 per mile.
21     (c) Rates for reimbursement of expenses other than mileage
22 shall not exceed the actual cost of travel as determined by the
23 United States Internal Revenue Service.
24     (d) Reimbursements to travelers shall be made pursuant to
25 the rates and regulations applicable to the respective State
26 agency as of the effective date of this amendatory Act, until

 

 

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1 the State Travel Regulations and Reimbursement Rates
2 established by this Section are adopted and effective.
3     (e) Lodging in Cook County, Illinois and the District of
4 Columbia shall be reimbursed at the maximum lodging rate in
5 effect under regulations promulgated pursuant to 5 U.S.C.
6 5701-5709. For purposes of this subsection (e), the District of
7 Columbia shall include the cities and counties included in the
8 per diem locality of the District of Columbia, as defined by
9 the regulations in effect promulgated pursuant to 5 U.S.C.
10 5701-5709. Individual travel control boards may set a lodging
11 reimbursement rate more restrictive than the rate set forth in
12 the federal regulations.
13 (Source: P.A. 96-240, eff. 1-1-10.)".