Bill Text: IL HB2959 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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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 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-03-10 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB2959 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB2959-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2959 Introduced , by Rep. Jay Hoffman 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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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. Travel Regulation Council; State travel
reimbursement.
(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

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Services shall adopt emergency regulations and reimbursement
rates pursuant to the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.
On and after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
103rd General Assembly, the Council shall adopt reimbursement
rates in accordance with the requirements of subsection (f).
(b) (Blank). 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.
(c) (Blank). Rates for reimbursement of expenses other
than mileage shall not exceed the actual cost of travel as
determined by the 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) (Blank). 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,

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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.
(f) Notwithstanding any rule or law to the contrary, 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 under 5 U.S.C. 5701-5711 and any regulations
promulgated thereunder. 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.
(Source: P.A. 96-240, eff. 1-1-10.)