Public Act 096-0240
 
HB0480 Enrolled LRB096 04058 RCE 14096 b

    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by changing
Section 12-2 as follows:
 
    (30 ILCS 105/12-2)  (from Ch. 127, par. 148-2)
    Sec. 12-2. (a) The chairmen of the travel control boards
established by Section 12-1, or their designees, shall together
comprise the Travel Regulation Council. The Travel Regulation
Council shall be chaired by the Director of Central Management
Services, who shall be a nonvoting member of the Council,
unless he is otherwise qualified to vote by virtue of being the
designee of a voting member. No later than March 1, 1986, and
at least biennially thereafter, the Council shall adopt State
Travel Regulations and Reimbursement Rates which shall be
applicable to all personnel subject to the jurisdiction of the
travel control boards established by Section 12-1. An
affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the Council
shall be required to adopt regulations and reimbursement rates.
If the Council fails to adopt regulations by March 1 of any
odd-numbered year, the Director of Central Management Services
shall adopt emergency regulations and reimbursement rates
pursuant to the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.
    (b) Mileage for automobile travel shall be reimbursed at
the allowance rate in effect under regulations promulgated
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 5707(b)(2). However, in the event the rate
set under federal regulations increases during the course of
the State's fiscal year, the effective date of the new rate
shall be the July 1 immediately following the change in the
federal rate. In the event the rate set under federal
regulations increases or decreases during the course of the
State's fiscal year, the effective date of the new rate shall
be the effective date of the change in the federal rate.
    (c) Rates for reimbursement of expenses other than mileage
shall not exceed the actual cost of travel as determined by the
United States Internal Revenue Service.
    (d) Reimbursements to travelers shall be made pursuant to
the rates and regulations applicable to the respective State
agency as of the effective date of this amendatory Act, until
the State Travel Regulations and Reimbursement Rates
established by this Section are adopted and effective.
    (e) Lodging in Cook County, Illinois and the District of
Columbia shall be reimbursed at the maximum lodging rate in
effect under regulations promulgated pursuant to 5 U.S.C.
5701-5709. For purposes of this subsection (e), the District of
Columbia shall include the cities and counties included in the
per diem locality of the District of Columbia, as defined by
the regulations in effect promulgated pursuant to 5 U.S.C.
5701-5709. Individual travel control boards may set a lodging
reimbursement rate more restrictive than the rate set forth in
the federal regulations.
(Source: P.A. 92-315, eff. 8-9-01; 93-154, eff. 7-10-03.)

Effective Date: 1/1/2010