Full Text of HB5226 100th General Assembly
HB5226 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2017 and 2018 HB5226 Introduced , by Rep. Grant Wehrli SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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30 ILCS 105/12-2 | from Ch. 127, par. 148-2 |
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Amends the State Finance Act. Provides that, for agencies under the jurisdiction of the Governor's
Travel Control Board, mileage reimbursement rates for
automobile travel using an employee's personal vehicle for
State business shall be established by the Governor's Travel
Control Board (currently, at the allowance
rate in effect under certain federal regulations). Provides that those rates shall be adjusted periodically at the advisement of
the Department of Central Management Services. Provides that the mileage reimbursement rate shall not exceed the rate in effect
under certain federal regulations. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning finance.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 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 together | 9 | | comprise the Travel
Regulation Council. The Travel Regulation | 10 | | Council shall be chaired by the
Director of Central Management | 11 | | Services, who shall be a nonvoting member of
the Council, | 12 | | unless he is otherwise qualified to vote by virtue of being
the | 13 | | designee of a voting member. No later than March 1, 1986, and | 14 | | at least
biennially thereafter, the Council shall adopt State | 15 | | Travel Regulations and
Reimbursement Rates which shall be | 16 | | applicable to all personnel subject to
the jurisdiction of the | 17 | | travel control boards established by Section 12-1.
An | 18 | | affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the Council | 19 | | shall be
required to adopt regulations and reimbursement rates. | 20 | | If the Council
fails to adopt regulations by March 1 of any | 21 | | odd-numbered year, the
Director of Central Management Services | 22 | | shall adopt emergency regulations
and reimbursement rates | 23 | | pursuant to the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.
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| 1 | | (b) Except as provided in subsection (b-5), mileage Mileage | 2 | | for automobile travel shall be reimbursed at the allowance
rate | 3 | | in effect under regulations promulgated pursuant to 5 U.S.C. | 4 | | 5707(b)(2).
In the event the rate set under federal regulations | 5 | | increases or decreases during the
course of the State's fiscal | 6 | | year, the effective date of the new rate shall be
the effective | 7 | | date of the change in the federal rate.
| 8 | | (b-5) Effective July 1, 2018, for agencies under the | 9 | | jurisdiction of the Governor's
Travel Control Board, mileage | 10 | | reimbursement rates for
automobile travel using an employee's | 11 | | personal vehicle for
State business shall be established by the | 12 | | Governor's Travel
Control Board and adjusted periodically at | 13 | | the advisement of
the Department of Central Management | 14 | | Services. Rates shall be
based on a formula considering the | 15 | | fluctuations in vehicle costs and
vehicle operating costs and | 16 | | the cost to operate a State
vehicle, but in any event shall not | 17 | | exceed the rate in effect
under regulations pursuant to 5 | 18 | | U.S.C. 5707(b)(2). Mileage
reimbursement rates shall be | 19 | | reviewed by the Department of
Central Management Services and | 20 | | are subject to change at least once
per year. The Governor's | 21 | | Travel Control Board shall formalize
and approve the formula | 22 | | for determining its mileage rate
adjustment recommendations. | 23 | | (c) Rates for reimbursement of expenses other than mileage | 24 | | shall not
exceed the actual cost of travel as determined by the | 25 | | United States
Internal Revenue Service.
| 26 | | (d) Reimbursements to travelers shall be made pursuant to |
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| 1 | | the rates and
regulations applicable to the respective State | 2 | | agency as of the effective
date of this amendatory Act, until | 3 | | the State Travel Regulations and
Reimbursement Rates | 4 | | established by this Section are adopted and effective.
| 5 | | (e) Lodging in Cook County, Illinois and the District of | 6 | | Columbia shall be
reimbursed at the maximum lodging rate in | 7 | | effect under regulations promulgated
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. | 8 | | 5701-5709. For purposes of this subsection (e), the
District of
| 9 | | Columbia shall include the cities and counties included in the | 10 | | per diem
locality of the
District of Columbia, as defined by | 11 | | the regulations in effect promulgated
pursuant to 5
U.S.C. | 12 | | 5701-5709. Individual travel control boards may set a lodging
| 13 | | reimbursement rate
more restrictive than the rate set forth in | 14 | | the federal regulations.
| 15 | | (Source: P.A. 96-240, eff. 1-1-10.)
| 16 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 17 | | becoming law.
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