Rep. Keith Farnham
Filed: 5/25/2010
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3660




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3660, AS AMENDED, 
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by inserting Article 30 in its proper numeric sequence as 
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follows:

 
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"ARTICLE 30.  GENERAL ASSEMBLY PER DIEM

 
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    Section 5. The General Assembly Compensation Act is amended  
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by changing Section 1 as follows:
 
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    (25 ILCS 115/1)  (from Ch. 63, par. 14)
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    Sec. 1. Each member of the General Assembly shall receive 
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an annual salary
of $28,000 or as set by the Compensation 
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Review Board, whichever is
greater. The
following named 
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officers, committee chairmen and committee minority spokesmen

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shall receive additional amounts per year for
their services as 
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such officers, committee chairmen and committee
minority 
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spokesmen respectively, as set by the Compensation
Review Board 
 


 






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or, as follows, whichever is greater: Beginning the second

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Wednesday in January 1989, the Speaker and the minority leader 
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of the
House of Representatives and the
President and the 
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minority leader of the Senate, $16,000 each; the
majority 
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leader in the House of Representatives $13,500;
6 assistant

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majority leaders and 5 assistant minority leaders in the 
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Senate,
$12,000
each; 6 assistant majority leaders and 6 
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assistant minority leaders in
the House of Representatives, 
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$10,500 each; 2 Deputy
Majority leaders in the House of 
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Representatives $11,500 each; and 2 Deputy
Minority leaders in 
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the House of Representatives, $11,500 each; the majority
caucus 
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chairman and minority caucus chairman in the Senate, $12,000 
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each;
and beginning the second Wednesday in January, 1989, the 
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majority
conference chairman and the minority conference 
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chairman
in the House of Representatives, $10,500 each; 
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beginning
the second Wednesday in January, 1989, the chairman 
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and minority spokesman
of each standing committee of the 
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Senate, except the Rules Committee, the
Committee on 
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Committees, and the Committee on Assignment of Bills, $6,000

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each; and beginning the second Wednesday in January, 1989, the 
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chairman and
minority spokesman of each standing and select 
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committee of the House of
Representatives, $6,000 each.  A 
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member who serves in more than one
position as an officer, 
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committee chairman, or committee minority spokesman
shall 
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receive only one additional amount based on the position paying 
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the
highest additional amount.  The
compensation provided for in 
 


 






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this Section to be paid per year to members
of the General 
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Assembly, including the additional sums payable per year
to 
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officers of the General Assembly shall be paid in 12 equal 
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monthly
installments.  The first such installment is payable on 
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January 31,
1977.  All subsequent equal monthly installments are 
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payable on the last
working day of the month.  A member who has 
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held office any part of a
month is entitled to compensation for 
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an entire month.
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    Mileage shall be paid at the rate of 20 cents per mile 
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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. 
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5707(b)(2) beginning January 9, 1985, for the number
of actual 
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highway miles necessarily and conveniently traveled by the
most 
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feasible route to be present upon convening of the sessions of 
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the
General Assembly by such member in each and every trip 
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during each
session in going to and returning from the seat of 
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government, to be
computed by the Comptroller.  A member 
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traveling by public
transportation for such purposes, however, 
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shall be paid his actual cost
of that transportation instead of 
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on the mileage rate if his cost of
public transportation 
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exceeds the amount to which he would be entitled
on a mileage 
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basis.  No member may be paid, whether on a mileage basis
or for 
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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.  
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Each
member shall also receive an allowance of $36 per day for 
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lodging and
meals while in attendance at sessions
of the 
 


 






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General Assembly before January 9, 1985; beginning January 9,

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1985, such food and lodging allowance shall be equal to the 
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amount per day
permitted to be deducted for such expenses under 
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the Internal Revenue Code;
however, beginning May 31, 1995, no 
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allowance for food and lodging while in
attendance at sessions 
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is authorized for periods of time after the last day in
May of 
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each calendar year, except (i) if the General Assembly is 
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convened in
special session by either the Governor or the 
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presiding officers of both
houses, as provided by subsection 
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(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 
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vetoed, item vetoed, reduced, or
returned with specific 
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recommendations for change by the Governor as provided
in 
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Section 9 of Article IV of the Illinois Constitution. 
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Notwithstanding any other provision, for fiscal year 2011 only 
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(i)  the allowance for lodging and meals is $111 per day and 
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(ii) mileage for automobile travel shall be reimbursed at a 
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rate of $0.39 per mile. 
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    If a member dies having received only a portion of the 
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amount payable
as compensation, the unpaid balance shall be 
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paid to the surviving
spouse of such member, or, if there be 
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none, to the estate of such member.
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(Source: P.A. 89-405, eff. 11-8-95.)".