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25 ILCS 115/1

(25 ILCS 115/1) (from Ch. 63, par. 14)
Sec. 1.

Each member of the General Assembly shall receive an annual salary
of $28,000 or as set by the Compensation Review Board, whichever is
greater. Beginning with the 103rd General Assembly, each member of the General Assembly shall receive an annual salary of $85,000 or as set by the Compensation Review Board, whichever is greater. The
following named officers, committee chairmen and committee minority spokesmen
shall receive additional amounts per year for
their services as such officers, committee chairmen and committee
minority spokesmen respectively, as set by the Compensation
Review Board or, as follows, whichever is greater: Beginning the second
Wednesday in January 1989, the Speaker and the minority leader of the
House of Representatives and the
President and the minority leader of the Senate, $16,000 each; the
majority leader in the House of Representatives $13,500;
5 assistant
majority leaders and 5 assistant minority leaders in the Senate,
$12,000
each; 6 assistant majority leaders and 6 assistant minority leaders in
the House of Representatives, $10,500 each; 2 Deputy
Majority leaders in the House of Representatives $11,500 each; and 2 Deputy
Minority leaders in the House of Representatives, $11,500 each; the majority
caucus chairman and minority caucus chairman in the Senate, $12,000 each;
and beginning the second Wednesday in January, 1989, the majority
conference chairman and the minority conference chairman
in the House of Representatives, $10,500 each; beginning
the second Wednesday in January, 1989, the chairman and minority spokesman
of each standing committee of the Senate, except the Rules Committee, the
Committee on Committees, and the Committee on Assignment of Bills, $6,000
each; and beginning the second Wednesday in January, 1989, the chairman and
minority spokesman of each standing and select committee of the House of
Representatives, $6,000 each; and beginning fiscal year 2020, the majority leader in the Senate, an amount equal to the majority leader in the House.   For any General Assembly in which the majority party in the House of Representatives has 71 or more elected Representatives, the majority party shall have one additional majority officer who shall have the title of speaker pro tempore and who shall receive an amount equal to the majority leader in the House and one majority officer who shall receive an amount equal to an assistant majority leader in the House of Representatives. For any General Assembly in which the majority party in the Senate has 36 or more elected Senators, the majority party shall have one additional majority officer who shall receive an amount equal to the majority leader in the House and one majority officer who shall receive an amount equal to an assistant majority leader in the Senate. A member who serves in more than one
position as an officer, committee chairman, or committee minority spokesman
shall receive only one additional amount based on the position paying the
highest additional amount.  Prior to the 103rd General Assembly, the
compensation provided for in this Section to be paid per year to members
of the General Assembly, including the additional sums payable per year
to officers of the General Assembly shall be paid in 12 equal monthly
installments.  The first such installment is payable on January 31,
1977.  All subsequent equal monthly installments are payable on the last
working day of the month. Prior to the 103rd General Assembly, a member who has held office any part of a
month is entitled to compensation for an entire month.

Beginning with the 103rd General Assembly, the compensation provided for in this Section to be paid per year to members of the General Assembly, including additional sums payable per year to officers of the General Assembly, shall be paid bi-monthly. Members who resign before completing the entire term in office shall be compensated on a prorated basis. Members completing the term of a vacancy shall be compensated on a prorated basis.

Mileage shall be paid at the rate of 20 cents per mile before January
9, 1985, and at the mileage allowance rate in effect under regulations
promulgated pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 5707(b)(2) beginning January 9, 1985, for the number
of actual highway miles necessarily and conveniently traveled by the
most feasible route to be present upon convening of the sessions of the
General Assembly by such member in each and every trip during each
session in going to and returning from the seat of government, to be
computed by the Comptroller.  A member traveling by public
transportation for such purposes, however, shall be paid his actual cost
of that transportation instead of on the mileage rate if his cost of
public transportation exceeds the amount to which he would be entitled
on a mileage basis.  No member may be paid, whether on a mileage basis
or for actual costs of public transportation, for more than one such
trip for each week the General Assembly is actually in session.  Each
member shall also receive an allowance of $36 per day for lodging and
meals while in attendance at sessions
of the General Assembly before January 9, 1985; beginning January 9,
1985, such food and lodging allowance shall be equal to the amount per day
permitted to be deducted for such expenses under the Internal Revenue Code;
however, beginning May 31, 1995, no allowance for food and lodging while in
attendance at sessions is authorized for periods of time after the last day in
May of each calendar year, except (i) if the General Assembly is convened in
special session by either the Governor or the presiding officers of both
houses, as provided by subsection (b) of Section 5 of Article IV of the
Illinois Constitution or (ii) if the
General Assembly is convened to consider bills vetoed, item vetoed, reduced, or
returned with specific recommendations for change by the Governor as provided
in Section 9 of Article IV of the Illinois Constitution. For fiscal year 2011 and for session days in fiscal years 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019 only (i)  the allowance for lodging and meals is $111 per day and (ii) mileage for automobile travel shall be reimbursed at a rate of $0.39 per mile.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, beginning in fiscal year 2012, travel reimbursement for

General Assembly members on non-session days shall be

calculated using the guidelines set forth by the Legislative

Travel Control Board, except that fiscal year 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019 mileage reimbursement is set at a rate of $0.39 per mile.

If a member dies having received only a portion of the amount payable
as compensation, the unpaid balance shall be paid to the surviving
spouse of such member, or, if there be none, to the estate of such member.

(Source: P.A. 101-10, eff. 6-5-19; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21; 102-664, eff. 1-1-22; 102-1115, eff. 1-9-23.)