Bill Text: IL SB3733 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: 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.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-25 - Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Sara Feigenholtz [SB3733 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-SB3733-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning finance.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 12-2 as follows:
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6 | (30 ILCS 105/12-2) (from Ch. 127, par. 148-2)
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7 | Sec. 12-2. Travel Regulation Council; State travel | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | reimbursement. | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | (a) The chairmen of the travel control boards established
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10 | by Section 12-1, or their designees, shall together comprise | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | the Travel
Regulation Council. The Travel Regulation Council | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | shall be chaired by the
Director of Central Management | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | Services, who shall be a nonvoting member of
the Council, | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | unless he is otherwise qualified to vote by virtue of being
the | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | designee of a voting member. No later than March 1, 1986, and | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | at least
biennially thereafter, the Council shall adopt State | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | Travel Regulations and
Reimbursement Rates which shall be | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | applicable to all personnel subject to
the jurisdiction of the | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | travel control boards established by Section 12-1.
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20 | affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the Council | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | shall be
required to adopt regulations and reimbursement | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | rates. If the Council
fails to adopt regulations by March 1 of | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | any odd-numbered year, the
Director of Central Management |
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1 | Services shall adopt emergency regulations
and reimbursement | ||||||
2 | rates pursuant to the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. | ||||||
3 | On and after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the | ||||||
4 | 102nd General Assembly, the Council shall adopt reimbursement | ||||||
5 | rates in accordance with the requirements of subsection (f).
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6 | (b) (Blank). Mileage for automobile travel shall be | ||||||
7 | reimbursed at the allowance
rate in effect under regulations | ||||||
8 | promulgated pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 5707(b)(2).
In the event the | ||||||
9 | rate set under federal regulations increases or decreases | ||||||
10 | during the
course of the State's fiscal year, the effective | ||||||
11 | date of the new rate shall be
the effective date of the change | ||||||
12 | in the federal rate.
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13 | (c) (Blank). Rates for reimbursement of expenses other | ||||||
14 | than mileage shall not
exceed the actual cost of travel as | ||||||
15 | determined by the United States
Internal Revenue Service.
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16 | (d) Reimbursements to travelers shall be made pursuant to | ||||||
17 | the rates and
regulations applicable to the respective State | ||||||
18 | agency as of the effective
date of this amendatory Act, until | ||||||
19 | the State Travel Regulations and
Reimbursement Rates | ||||||
20 | established by this Section are adopted and effective.
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21 | (e) (Blank). Lodging in Cook County, Illinois and the | ||||||
22 | District of Columbia shall be
reimbursed at the maximum | ||||||
23 | lodging rate in effect under regulations promulgated
pursuant | ||||||
24 | to 5 U.S.C. 5701-5709. For purposes of this subsection (e), | ||||||
25 | the
District of
Columbia shall include the cities and counties | ||||||
26 | included in the per diem
locality of the
District of Columbia, |
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1 | as defined by the regulations in effect promulgated
pursuant | ||||||
2 | to 5
U.S.C. 5701-5709. Individual travel control boards may | ||||||
3 | set a lodging
reimbursement rate
more restrictive than the | ||||||
4 | rate set forth in the federal regulations.
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5 | (f) Notwithstanding any rule or law to the contrary, State | ||||||
6 | travel reimbursement rates for lodging and mileage for | ||||||
7 | automobile travel, as well as allowances for meals, shall be | ||||||
8 | set at the maximum rates established by the federal government | ||||||
9 | for travel expenses, subsistence expenses, and mileage | ||||||
10 | allowances under 5 U.S.C. 5701-5711 and any regulations | ||||||
11 | promulgated thereunder. If the rates set under federal | ||||||
12 | regulations increase or decrease during the course of the | ||||||
13 | State's fiscal year, the effective date of the new rate shall | ||||||
14 | be the effective date of the change in the federal rate. | ||||||
15 | (Source: P.A. 96-240, eff. 1-1-10.)
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