100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB5226

 

Introduced , by Rep. Grant Wehrli

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
30 ILCS 105/12-2  from Ch. 127, par. 148-2

    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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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) Except as provided in subsection (b-5), mileage Mileage
2for automobile travel shall be reimbursed at the allowance rate
3in effect under regulations promulgated pursuant to 5 U.S.C.
45707(b)(2). In the event the rate set under federal regulations
5increases or decreases during the course of the State's fiscal
6year, the effective date of the new rate shall be the effective
7date of the change in the federal rate.
8    (b-5) Effective July 1, 2018, for agencies under the
9jurisdiction of the Governor's Travel Control Board, mileage
10reimbursement rates for automobile travel using an employee's
11personal vehicle for State business shall be established by the
12Governor's Travel Control Board and adjusted periodically at
13the advisement of the Department of Central Management
14Services. Rates shall be based on a formula considering the
15fluctuations in vehicle costs and vehicle operating costs and
16the cost to operate a State vehicle, but in any event shall not
17exceed the rate in effect under regulations pursuant to 5
18U.S.C. 5707(b)(2). Mileage reimbursement rates shall be
19reviewed by the Department of Central Management Services and
20are subject to change at least once per year. The Governor's
21Travel Control Board shall formalize and approve the formula
22for determining its mileage rate adjustment recommendations.
23    (c) Rates for reimbursement of expenses other than mileage
24shall not exceed the actual cost of travel as determined by the
25United States Internal Revenue Service.
26    (d) Reimbursements to travelers shall be made pursuant to

 

 

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1the rates and regulations applicable to the respective State
2agency as of the effective date of this amendatory Act, until
3the State Travel Regulations and Reimbursement Rates
4established by this Section are adopted and effective.
5    (e) Lodging in Cook County, Illinois and the District of
6Columbia shall be reimbursed at the maximum lodging rate in
7effect under regulations promulgated pursuant to 5 U.S.C.
85701-5709. For purposes of this subsection (e), the District of
9Columbia shall include the cities and counties included in the
10per diem locality of the District of Columbia, as defined by
11the regulations in effect promulgated pursuant to 5 U.S.C.
125701-5709. Individual travel control boards may set a lodging
13reimbursement rate more restrictive than the rate set forth in
14the federal regulations.
15(Source: P.A. 96-240, eff. 1-1-10.)
 
16    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
17becoming law.