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Public Act 097-0071
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AN ACT concerning State government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The General Assembly Compensation Act is amended |
by changing Section 1 and by adding Section 1.7 as follows:
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(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. The
following named |
officers, committee chairmen and committee minority spokesmen
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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
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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;
6 assistant
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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 |
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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
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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. A |
member who serves in more than one
position as an officer, |
committee chairman, or committee minority spokesman
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receive only one additional amount based on the position paying |
the
highest additional amount. 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. A member who has |
held office any part of a
month is entitled to compensation for |
an entire month. |
Mileage shall be paid at the rate of 20 cents per mile |
before January
9, 1985, and at the mileage allowance rate in |
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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
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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,
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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 |
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(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. |
Notwithstanding any other provision, for fiscal year 2011 and |
for session days in fiscal year 2012 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 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. 96-958, eff. 7-1-10.)
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(25 ILCS 115/1.7 new) |
Sec. 1.7. FY12 furlough days. During each month of the |
fiscal year beginning July 1, 2011, every member of the 97th |
General Assembly is mandatorily required to forfeit one day of |
compensation. The State Comptroller shall deduct the |
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equivalent of 1/261st of the annual salary of each member of |
the 97th General Assembly from the compensation of that member |
in each month of the fiscal year. For purposes of this Section, |
annual compensation includes compensation paid to each member |
by the State for one year of service pursuant to Section 1, |
except any payments made for mileage and allowances for travel |
and meals. The forfeiture required by this Section is not |
considered a change in salary and shall not impact pension or |
other benefits provided to members of the General Assembly.
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Section 10. The Compensation Review Act is amended by |
changing Section 5.7 and by adding Section 5.8 as follows:
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(25 ILCS 120/5.7) |
Sec. 5.7. FY11 COLA's prohibited. Notwithstanding any |
former or current provision of this Act, any other law, any |
report of the Compensation Review Board, or any resolution of |
the General Assembly to the contrary, members of the General |
Assembly, State's attorneys, other than the county supplement, |
elected executive branch constitutional officers of State |
government, and persons in certain appointed offices of State |
government, including the membership of State departments, |
agencies, boards, and commissions, whose annual compensation |
previously was recommended or determined by the Compensation |
Review Board, are prohibited from receiving and shall not |
receive any increase in compensation that would otherwise apply |
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based on a cost of living adjustment, as authorized by Senate |
Joint Resolution 192 of the 86th General Assembly, for or |
during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2010. That cost of |
living adjustment shall apply again in the fiscal year |
beginning July 1, 2011 and thereafter.
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(Source: P.A. 96-958, eff. 7-1-10.)
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(25 ILCS 120/5.8 new) |
Sec. 5.8. FY12 COLAs prohibited. Notwithstanding any |
former or current provision of this Act, any other law, any |
report of the Compensation Review Board, or any resolution of |
the General Assembly to the contrary, members of the General |
Assembly, State's attorneys, other than the county supplement, |
elected executive branch constitutional officers of State |
government, and persons in certain appointed offices of State |
government, including the membership of State departments, |
agencies, boards, and commissions, whose annual compensation |
previously was recommended or determined by the Compensation |
Review Board, are prohibited from receiving and shall not |
receive any increase in compensation that would otherwise apply |
based on a cost of living adjustment, as authorized by Senate |
Joint Resolution 192 of the 86th General Assembly, for or |
during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2011. That cost of |
living adjustment shall apply again in the fiscal year |
beginning July 1, 2012 and thereafter.
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