Public 99-604

Topic: 
Local Government Travel Expense Control Act

(McSweeney, R-Cary; Tom Cullerton, D-Villa Park) requires that school districts, community colleges, and non-home rule units of local government regulate travel, meal, and lodging expenses of officers and employees and members of their governing boards. Prohibits reimbursing entertainment expenses. The ordinance or resolution must include: (1) the types of official business for which travel, meal, and lodging expenses are allowable; (2) maximum allowable reimbursement for those expenses; and (3) a standardized form for submission of those expenses. Requires that the governing board or corporate authority must approve by a roll call vote at an open meeting any expenses of a member of the governing board and expenses of officers and employees over the maximum amount. The submitted documents are public records under the FOIA Act. Effective January 1, 2017.

 

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