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Full Text of SB3224  103rd General Assembly

SB3224 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

 


 
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB3224

 

Introduced 2/6/2024, by Sen. Cristina Castro

 

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, among other things, common carrier transportation shall be set at the maximum rates established by the federal government for travel expenses, subsistence expenses, and mileage allowances. 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. 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
22rates. If the Council fails to adopt regulations by March 1 of
23any odd-numbered year, the Director of Central Management

 

 

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1Services shall adopt emergency regulations and reimbursement
2rates pursuant to the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.
3As soon as practicable after January 23, 2023 (the effective
4date of Public Act 102-1119) this amendatory Act of the 102nd
5General Assembly, the Travel Regulation Council and the Higher
6Education Travel Control Board shall adopt amendments to their
7existing rules to ensure that reimbursement rates for public
8institutions of higher education, as defined in Section 1-13
9of the Illinois Procurement Code, are set in accordance with
10the requirements of subsection (f) of this Section.
11    (b) (Blank).
12    (c) (Blank).
13    (d) Reimbursements to travelers shall be made pursuant to
14the rates and regulations applicable to the respective State
15agency as of January 1, 1986 (the effective date of Public Act
1684-345) this amendatory Act, until the State Travel
17Regulations and Reimbursement Rates established by this
18Section are adopted and effective.
19    (e) (Blank).
20    (f) (f) Notwithstanding any rule or law to the contrary,
21State travel reimbursement rates for lodging, common carrier
22transportation, and mileage for automobile travel, as well as
23allowances for meals, shall be set at the maximum rates
24established by the federal government for travel expenses,
25subsistence expenses, and mileage allowances under 5 U.S.C.
265701 through 5711 and any regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

 

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1If the rates set under federal regulations increase or
2decrease during the course of the State's fiscal year, the
3effective date of the new rate shall be the effective date of
4the change in the federal rate.
5(Source: P.A. 102-1119, eff. 1-23-23; 103-8, eff. 1-1-24;
6revised 1-2-24.)
 
7    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
8becoming law.