101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4023

 

Introduced 1/8/2020, by Rep. Mike Murphy

 

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

    Amends the State Finance Act. Provides that State travel reimbursement rates for lodging and mileage for automobile travel, as well as allowances for meals, shall be set at the maximum rates established by the federal government for travel expenses, subsistence expenses, and mileage allowances. Provides that if the rates set under federal regulations increase or decrease 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. Makes conforming and other changes.


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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. Travel Regulation Council; State travel
8reimbursement.
9    (a) The chairmen of the travel control boards established
10by Section 12-1, or their designees, shall together comprise
11the Travel Regulation Council. The Travel Regulation Council
12shall be chaired by the Director of Central Management
13Services, who shall be a nonvoting member of the Council,
14unless he is otherwise qualified to vote by virtue of being the
15designee of a voting member. No later than March 1, 1986, and
16at least biennially thereafter, the Council shall adopt State
17Travel Regulations and Reimbursement Rates which shall be
18applicable to all personnel subject to the jurisdiction of the
19travel control boards established by Section 12-1. An
20affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the Council
21shall be required to adopt regulations and reimbursement rates.
22If the Council fails to adopt regulations by March 1 of any
23odd-numbered year, the Director of Central Management Services

 

 

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1shall adopt emergency regulations and reimbursement rates
2pursuant to the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. On and
3after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st
4General Assembly, the Council shall adopt reimbursement rates
5in accordance with the requirements of subsection (f).
6    (b) (Blank). Mileage for automobile travel shall be
7reimbursed at the allowance rate in effect under regulations
8promulgated pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 5707(b)(2). In the event the
9rate set under federal regulations increases or decreases
10during the course of the State's fiscal year, the effective
11date of the new rate shall be the effective date of the change
12in the federal rate.
13    (c) (Blank). Rates for reimbursement of expenses other than
14mileage shall not exceed the actual cost of travel as
15determined by the United States Internal Revenue Service.
16    (d) Reimbursements to travelers shall be made pursuant to
17the rates and regulations applicable to the respective State
18agency as of the effective date of this amendatory Act, until
19the State Travel Regulations and Reimbursement Rates
20established by this Section are adopted and effective.
21    (e) (Blank). Lodging in Cook County, Illinois and the
22District of Columbia shall be reimbursed at the maximum lodging
23rate in effect under regulations promulgated pursuant to 5
24U.S.C. 5701-5709. For purposes of this subsection (e), the
25District of Columbia shall include the cities and counties
26included in the per diem locality of the District of Columbia,

 

 

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1as defined by the regulations in effect promulgated pursuant to
25 U.S.C. 5701-5709. Individual travel control boards may set a
3lodging reimbursement rate more restrictive than the rate set
4forth in the federal regulations.
5    (f) Notwithstanding any rule or law to the contrary, State
6travel reimbursement rates for lodging and mileage for
7automobile travel, as well as allowances for meals, shall be
8set at the maximum rates established by the federal government
9for travel expenses, subsistence expenses, and mileage
10allowances under 5 U.S.C. 5701-5711 and any regulations
11promulgated thereunder. If the rates set under federal
12regulations increase or decrease during the course of the
13State's fiscal year, the effective date of the new rate shall
14be the effective date of the change in the federal rate.
15(Source: P.A. 96-240, eff. 1-1-10.)