Bill Text: IL SB1367 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the State Finance Act. Provides that certain requirements concerning mileage reimbursement do not apply to agencies under the jurisdiction of the Governor's Travel Control Board. 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 and adjusted periodically at the advisement of the Department of Central Management Services. Provides that rates shall be based on a formula considering the fluctuations in vehicle and vehicle operating costs and the cost to operate a State vehicle, but in any event will not exceed the rate in effect under regulations pursuant to federal law. Requires the rates to be reviewed at least once per year. Requires the Board to formalize and approve the formula for determining its mileage rate adjustment recommendations.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die [SB1367 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-SB1367-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 SB1367 Introduced 2/9/2017, by Sen. Karen McConnaughay SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
30 ILCS 105/12-2 from Ch. 127, par. 148-2
Amends the State Finance Act. Provides that certain requirements concerning mileage reimbursement do not apply to agencies under the jurisdiction of the Governor's Travel Control Board. 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 and adjusted periodically at the advisement of the Department of Central Management Services. Provides that rates shall be based on a formula considering the fluctuations in vehicle and vehicle operating costs and the cost to operate a State vehicle, but in any event will not exceed the rate in effect under regulations pursuant to federal law. Requires the rates to be reviewed at least once per year. Requires the Board to formalize and approve the formula for determining its mileage rate adjustment recommendations.
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AN ACT concerning finance.
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.

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(b) Other than mileage for automobile travel for agencies
under the jurisdiction of the Governor's Travel Control Board,
mileage 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). 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.
(b-5) 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 and adjusted periodically at the advisement of
the Department of Central Management Services. Rates shall be
based on a formula considering the fluctuations in vehicle and
vehicle operating costs and the cost to operate a State
vehicle, but in any event will not exceed the rate in effect
under regulations pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 5707(b)(2). Mileage
reimbursement rates shall be reviewed by the Department of
Central Management Services and subject to change at least once
per year. The Governor's Travel Control Board shall formalize
and approve the formula for determining its mileage rate
adjustment recommendations.
(c) Rates for reimbursement of expenses other than mileage
shall not exceed the actual cost of travel as determined by the

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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. 96-240, eff. 1-1-10.)