94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB2991


 
Introduced 1/20/2006, by Sen. Dale E. Risinger - Cheryl Axley
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		
















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


30 ILCS 105/16
  from Ch. 127, par. 152







    Amends the State Finance Act.  Provides that "travel" does not include any expenses incurred while outside the State of Illinois if at any time between leaving Illinois and returning to Illinois the person prepared for, organized, or participated in any political fundraising activity.  Effective immediately.
















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    AN ACT concerning finance.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:


 
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    Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended  by changing 
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Sections 12 and 16 as follows:
 



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



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    Sec. 12. Each voucher for traveling expenses shall indicate 
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the
purpose of the travel as required by applicable travel 
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regulations,
shall be itemized and shall be accompanied by all 
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receipts specified in
the applicable travel regulations and by 
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a certificate, signed by the
person incurring such expense, 
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certifying that the amount is correct and
just; that the 
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detailed items charged for subsistence were actually
paid; that 
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the expenses were occasioned by official business or

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unavoidable delays requiring the stay of such person at hotels 
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for the
time specified; that the journey was performed with all 
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practicable
dispatch by the shortest route usually traveled in 
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the customary
reasonable manner; if out of State, that the 
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person did not prepare for, organize, or participate in any 
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political fundraising activity at any time between leaving 
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Illinois and returning to Illinois; and that such person has 
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not been furnished with
transportation or money in lieu 
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thereof; for any part of the journey
therein charged for.

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    An information copy of each voucher covering a claim by a 
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person
subject to the official travel regulations promulgated 
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under Section
12-2 for travel reimbursement involving an 
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exception to the general
restrictions of such travel 
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regulations shall be filed with the
applicable travel control 
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board which shall consider these vouchers, or a
report thereof, 
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for approval. Amounts disbursed for travel reimbursement

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claims which are disapproved by the applicable travel control 
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board shall
be refunded by the traveler and deposited  in the 
 


 






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fund or account from
which payment was made.

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(Source: P.A. 84-345.)

 



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    (30 ILCS 105/16)  (from Ch. 127, par. 152)



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    Sec. 16. The item "travel" when used in an appropriation 
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act, shall
include any expenditure directly incident to 
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official travel by State
officers, commission members and 
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employees or by wards or charges of the
State, involving 
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reimbursement to travelers, or direct payment to private

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agencies providing transportation or related services.
Through 
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June 30, 1994, the item "travel" may also include any

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expenditure to, or approved by, the Department of Central 
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Management
Services for video conferencing. On and after the 
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effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General 
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Assembly, "travel" does not include any expenses incurred while 
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outside the State of Illinois if at any time between leaving 
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Illinois and returning to Illinois the person prepared for, 
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organized, or participated in any political fundraising 
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activity.


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(Source: P.A. 87-817.)

 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.