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1 | AN ACT concerning government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Salaries Act is amended by changing Section | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | 4 as follows:
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6 | (5 ILCS 290/4) (from Ch. 53, par. 4)
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7 | Sec. 4.
The salaries of the officers herein above named, | |||||||||||||||||||||
8 | provided to be paid out
of State treasury, shall be paid to the | |||||||||||||||||||||
9 | officers above named at least
monthly, on the warrant of the | |||||||||||||||||||||
10 | State Comptroller, out of any money in the
State treasury not | |||||||||||||||||||||
11 | otherwise appropriated. The monthly salary payment made to the | |||||||||||||||||||||
12 | Executive Branch officers specified in Section 1 of this Act | |||||||||||||||||||||
13 | may be delayed if there are insufficient funds in the State's | |||||||||||||||||||||
14 | General Revenue Fund to pay all other obligations within 90 | |||||||||||||||||||||
15 | days after a voucher requesting payment is submitted to the | |||||||||||||||||||||
16 | Comptroller.
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17 | (Source: P.A. 86-1028 .)
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18 | Section 10. The General Assembly Compensation Act is | |||||||||||||||||||||
19 | amended by changing Section 1 as follows: | |||||||||||||||||||||
20 | (25 ILCS 115/1) (from Ch. 63, par. 14) | |||||||||||||||||||||
21 | Sec. 1. Each member of the General Assembly shall receive |
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1 | an annual salary
of $28,000 or as set by the Compensation | ||||||
2 | Review Board, whichever is
greater. The
following named | ||||||
3 | officers, committee chairmen and committee minority spokesmen
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4 | shall receive additional amounts per year for
their services as | ||||||
5 | such officers, committee chairmen and committee
minority | ||||||
6 | spokesmen respectively, as set by the Compensation
Review Board | ||||||
7 | or, as follows, whichever is greater: Beginning the second
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8 | Wednesday in January 1989, the Speaker and the minority leader | ||||||
9 | of the
House of Representatives and the
President and the | ||||||
10 | minority leader of the Senate, $16,000 each; the
majority | ||||||
11 | leader in the House of Representatives $13,500;
6 assistant
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12 | majority leaders and 5 assistant minority leaders in the | ||||||
13 | Senate,
$12,000
each; 6 assistant majority leaders and 6 | ||||||
14 | assistant minority leaders in
the House of Representatives, | ||||||
15 | $10,500 each; 2 Deputy
Majority leaders in the House of | ||||||
16 | Representatives $11,500 each; and 2 Deputy
Minority leaders in | ||||||
17 | the House of Representatives, $11,500 each; the majority
caucus | ||||||
18 | chairman and minority caucus chairman in the Senate, $12,000 | ||||||
19 | each;
and beginning the second Wednesday in January, 1989, the | ||||||
20 | majority
conference chairman and the minority conference | ||||||
21 | chairman
in the House of Representatives, $10,500 each; | ||||||
22 | beginning
the second Wednesday in January, 1989, the chairman | ||||||
23 | and minority spokesman
of each standing committee of the | ||||||
24 | Senate, except the Rules Committee, the
Committee on | ||||||
25 | Committees, and the Committee on Assignment of Bills, $6,000
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26 | each; and beginning the second Wednesday in January, 1989, the |
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1 | chairman and
minority spokesman of each standing and select | ||||||
2 | committee of the House of
Representatives, $6,000 each. A | ||||||
3 | member who serves in more than one
position as an officer, | ||||||
4 | committee chairman, or committee minority spokesman
shall | ||||||
5 | receive only one additional amount based on the position paying | ||||||
6 | the
highest additional amount. The
compensation provided for in | ||||||
7 | this Section to be paid per year to members
of the General | ||||||
8 | Assembly, including the additional sums payable per year
to | ||||||
9 | officers of the General Assembly shall be paid in 12 equal | ||||||
10 | monthly
installments. The first such installment is payable on | ||||||
11 | January 31,
1977. All subsequent equal monthly installments are | ||||||
12 | payable on the last
working day of the month ; however, a | ||||||
13 | monthly installment may be delayed if there are insufficient | ||||||
14 | funds in the State's General Revenue Fund to pay all other | ||||||
15 | obligations within 90 days after a voucher requesting payment | ||||||
16 | is submitted to the Comptroller . A member who has held office | ||||||
17 | any part of a
month is entitled to compensation for an entire | ||||||
18 | month. | ||||||
19 | Mileage shall be paid at the rate of 20 cents per mile | ||||||
20 | before January
9, 1985, and at the mileage allowance rate in | ||||||
21 | effect under regulations
promulgated pursuant to 5 U.S.C. | ||||||
22 | 5707(b)(2) beginning January 9, 1985, for the number
of actual | ||||||
23 | highway miles necessarily and conveniently traveled by the
most | ||||||
24 | feasible route to be present upon convening of the sessions of | ||||||
25 | the
General Assembly by such member in each and every trip | ||||||
26 | during each
session in going to and returning from the seat of |
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1 | government, to be
computed by the Comptroller. A member | ||||||
2 | traveling by public
transportation for such purposes, however, | ||||||
3 | shall be paid his actual cost
of that transportation instead of | ||||||
4 | on the mileage rate if his cost of
public transportation | ||||||
5 | exceeds the amount to which he would be entitled
on a mileage | ||||||
6 | basis. No member may be paid, whether on a mileage basis
or for | ||||||
7 | actual costs of public transportation, for more than one such
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8 | trip for each week the General Assembly is actually in session. | ||||||
9 | Each
member shall also receive an allowance of $36 per day for | ||||||
10 | lodging and
meals while in attendance at sessions
of the | ||||||
11 | General Assembly before January 9, 1985; beginning January 9,
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12 | 1985, such food and lodging allowance shall be equal to the | ||||||
13 | amount per day
permitted to be deducted for such expenses under | ||||||
14 | the Internal Revenue Code;
however, beginning May 31, 1995, no | ||||||
15 | allowance for food and lodging while in
attendance at sessions | ||||||
16 | is authorized for periods of time after the last day in
May of | ||||||
17 | each calendar year, except (i) if the General Assembly is | ||||||
18 | convened in
special session by either the Governor or the | ||||||
19 | presiding officers of both
houses, as provided by subsection | ||||||
20 | (b) of Section 5 of Article IV of the
Illinois Constitution or | ||||||
21 | (ii) if the
General Assembly is convened to consider bills | ||||||
22 | vetoed, item vetoed, reduced, or
returned with specific | ||||||
23 | recommendations for change by the Governor as provided
in | ||||||
24 | Section 9 of Article IV of the Illinois Constitution. For | ||||||
25 | fiscal year 2011 and for session days in fiscal years 2012, | ||||||
26 | 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017 only (i) the allowance for |
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1 | lodging and meals is $111 per day and (ii) mileage for | ||||||
2 | automobile travel shall be reimbursed at a rate of $0.39 per | ||||||
3 | mile. | ||||||
4 | Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, | ||||||
5 | beginning in fiscal year 2012, travel reimbursement for
General | ||||||
6 | Assembly members on non-session days shall be
calculated using | ||||||
7 | the guidelines set forth by the Legislative
Travel Control | ||||||
8 | Board, except that fiscal year 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, | ||||||
9 | and 2017 mileage reimbursement is set at a rate of $0.39 per | ||||||
10 | mile. | ||||||
11 | If a member dies having received only a portion of the | ||||||
12 | amount payable
as compensation, the unpaid balance shall be | ||||||
13 | paid to the surviving
spouse of such member, or, if there be | ||||||
14 | none, to the estate of such member. | ||||||
15 | (Source: P.A. 98-30, eff. 6-24-13; 98-682, eff. 6-30-14; | ||||||
16 | 99-355, eff. 8-13-15; 99-523, eff. 6-30-16.)
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