HB2959 Summary

• Amends the State Finance Act to set state travel reimbursement rates for lodging, mileage, and meals at the maximum rates established by the federal government under 5 U.S.C. 5701-5711.

• Requires state reimbursement rates to automatically align with federal rates when federal regulations increase or decrease during the fiscal year, with the new rate effective on the same date as the federal change.

• Eliminates previous language allowing individual travel control boards to set lodging rates more restrictive than federal rates.

• Directs the Travel Regulation Council to adopt reimbursement rates in accordance with federal maximums starting from the effective date of this amendatory act.

• Continues existing interim reimbursement procedures under current agency rates until new State Travel Regulations and Reimbursement Rates are adopted and become effective.