98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB4363
 
Introduced , by Rep. Frank J. Mautino
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 



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

     Amends the State Finance Act. Provides that the reimbursement rate for lodging in Illinois (now, Cook County, Illinois) and the District of Columbia shall be reimbursed at the maximum lodging rate in effect under applicable federal regulations, unless an individual travel control board sets a more restrictive rate.
  


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A BILL FOR
 

  
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1    AN ACT concerning finance.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended  by changing 
5Section 12-2 as follows:
 



6    (30 ILCS 105/12-2)  (from Ch. 127, par. 148-2)



7    Sec. 12-2. (a) The chairmen of the travel control boards 
8established
by Section 12-1, or their designees, shall together 
9comprise the Travel
Regulation Council.  The Travel Regulation 
10Council shall be chaired by the
Director of Central Management 
11Services, who shall be a nonvoting member of
the Council, 
12unless he is otherwise qualified to vote by virtue of being
the 
13designee of a voting member.  No later than March 1, 1986, and 
14at least
biennially thereafter, the Council shall adopt State 
15Travel Regulations and
Reimbursement Rates which shall be 
16applicable to all personnel subject to
the jurisdiction of the 
17travel control boards established by Section 12-1.
An 
18affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the Council 
19shall be
required to adopt regulations and reimbursement rates.  
20If the Council
fails to adopt regulations by March 1 of any 
21odd-numbered year, the
Director of Central Management Services 
22shall adopt emergency regulations
and reimbursement rates 
23pursuant to the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.

 
 
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1    (b) Mileage for automobile travel shall be reimbursed at 
2the allowance
rate in effect under regulations promulgated 
3pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 5707(b)(2).

In the event the rate set 
4under federal regulations increases or decreases during the

5course of the State's fiscal year, the effective date of the 
6new rate shall be
the effective date of the change in the 
7federal rate.

8    (c) Rates for reimbursement of expenses other than mileage 
9shall not
exceed the actual cost of travel as determined by the 
10United States
Internal Revenue Service.

11    (d) Reimbursements to travelers shall be made pursuant to 
12the rates and
regulations applicable to the respective State 
13agency as of the effective
date of this amendatory Act, until 
14the State Travel Regulations and
Reimbursement Rates 
15established by this Section are adopted and effective.

16    (e) Lodging in Cook County, Illinois and the District of 
17Columbia shall be
reimbursed at the maximum lodging rate in 
18effect under regulations promulgated
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
195701-5709.  For purposes of this subsection (e), the
District of

20Columbia shall include the cities and counties included in the 
21per diem
locality of the
District of Columbia, as defined by 
22the regulations in effect promulgated
pursuant to 5
U.S.C. 
235701-5709.  Individual travel control boards may set a lodging

24reimbursement rate
more restrictive than the rate set forth in 
25the federal regulations.

26(Source: P.A. 96-240, eff. 1-1-10.)