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1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1918
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend Senate Bill 1918 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
4 "Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by changing
5 Section 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
8 established by Section 12-1, or their designees, shall
9 together comprise the Travel Regulation Council. The Travel
10 Regulation Council shall be chaired by the Director of
11 Central Management Services, who shall be a nonvoting member
12 of the Council, unless he is otherwise qualified to vote by
13 virtue of being the designee of a voting member. No later
14 than March 1, 1986, and at least biennially thereafter, the
15 Council shall adopt State Travel Regulations and
16 Reimbursement Rates which shall be applicable to all
17 personnel subject to the jurisdiction of the travel control
18 boards established by Section 12-1. An affirmative vote of a
19 majority of the members of the Council shall be required to
20 adopt regulations and reimbursement rates. If the Council
21 fails to adopt regulations by March 1 of any odd-numbered
22 year, the Director of Central Management Services shall adopt
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1 emergency regulations and reimbursement rates pursuant to the
2 Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.
3 (b) Mileage for automobile travel shall be reimbursed at
4 the allowance rate in effect under regulations promulgated
5 pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 5707(b)(2). However, in the event the
6 rate set under federal regulations increaseschanges during
7 the course of the State's fiscal year, the effective date of
8 the new rate shall be the July 1 immediately following the
9 change in the federal rate. In the event the rate set under
10 federal regulations decreases during the course of the
11 State's fiscal year, the effective date of the new rate shall
12 be the effective date of the change in the federal rate.
13 (c) Rates for reimbursement of expenses other than
14 mileage shall not exceed the actual cost of travel as
15 determined by the United States Internal Revenue Service.
16 (d) Reimbursements to travelers shall be made pursuant
17 to the rates and regulations applicable to the respective
18 State agency as of the effective date of this amendatory Act,
19 until the State Travel Regulations and Reimbursement Rates
20 established by this Section are adopted and effective.
21 (e) Lodging in Cook County, Illinois and the District of
22 Columbia shall be reimbursed at the maximum lodging rate in
23 effect under regulations promulgated pursuant to 5 U.S.C.
24 5701-5709. For purposes of this subsection (e), the District
25 of Columbia shall include the cities and counties included in
26 the per diem locality of the District of Columbia, as defined
27 by the regulations in effect promulgated pursuant to 5 U.S.C.
28 5701-5709. Individual travel control boards may set a
29 lodging reimbursement rate more restrictive than the rate set
30 forth in the federal regulations.
31 (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99; 92-315, eff. 8-9-01.)
32 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
33 becoming law.".