102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB0136

 

Introduced 1/14/2021, by Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
25 ILCS 10/25 new
25 ILCS 115/1  from Ch. 63, par. 14
25 ILCS 120/7 new

    Amends the General Assembly Operations Act. Provides that any member of the General Assembly who sponsors or co-sponsors an amendment to the Illinois Constitution that provides for the implementation of General Assembly member term limits shall immediately be bound by the terms of that amendment upon sponsorship of such amendment, which shall include prior time served in office by that member, regardless of whether the provisions of that amendment exclude time served in office. Provides that if a member has reached his or her mandated term limit due to prior time served in office, but has time remaining on his or her current term of office, he or she shall be allowed to serve the remainder of his or her current term of office. Amends the General Assembly Compensation Act. Provides that a member of the General Assembly may, prior to being sworn into office, elect to reject any travel reimbursement provided under the Act. Provides that once a member elects to reject travel reimbursement, he or she shall not be eligible to receive travel reimbursement for current and future terms of office. Provides that any moneys received by a member for purposes of travel reimbursement may be repaid to the State. Amends the Compensation Review Act. Provides that members of the General Assembly and executive branch constitutional officers may, prior to being sworn into office, elect not to receive any increase in compensation that would otherwise apply based on a cost of living adjustment. Provides that once a member of the General Assembly or an executive branch constitutional officer elects not to receive a cost of living adjustment, he or she shall not be eligible to receive a cost of living adjustment for current and future terms of office. Provides that any increase in compensation received as a cost of living adjustment by a member of the General Assembly or an executive branch constitutional officer may be repaid to the State.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The General Assembly Operations Act is amended
5by adding Section 25 as follows:
 
6    (25 ILCS 10/25 new)
7    Sec. 25. Term limit sponsorship. Any member of the General
8Assembly who sponsors or co-sponsors an amendment to the
9Illinois Constitution that provides for the implementation of
10General Assembly member term limits shall immediately be bound
11by the terms of that amendment upon sponsorship of such
12amendment, which shall include prior time served in office by
13that member, regardless of whether the provisions of that
14amendment exclude time served in office. If a member under
15this Section has reached his or her mandated term limit due to
16prior time served in office, but has time remaining on his or
17her current term of office, he or she shall be allowed to serve
18the remainder of his or her current term of office.
 
19    Section 10. The General Assembly Compensation Act is
20amended by changing Section 1 as follows:
 
21    (25 ILCS 115/1)  (from Ch. 63, par. 14)

 

 

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1    Sec. 1. Each member of the General Assembly shall receive
2an annual salary of $28,000 or as set by the Compensation
3Review Board, whichever is greater. The following named
4officers, committee chairmen and committee minority spokesmen
5shall receive additional amounts per year for their services
6as such officers, committee chairmen and committee minority
7spokesmen respectively, as set by the Compensation Review
8Board or, as follows, whichever is greater: Beginning the
9second Wednesday in January 1989, the Speaker and the minority
10leader of the House of Representatives and the President and
11the minority leader of the Senate, $16,000 each; the majority
12leader in the House of Representatives $13,500; 5 assistant
13majority leaders and 5 assistant minority leaders in the
14Senate, $12,000 each; 6 assistant majority leaders and 6
15assistant minority leaders in the House of Representatives,
16$10,500 each; 2 Deputy Majority leaders in the House of
17Representatives $11,500 each; and 2 Deputy Minority leaders in
18the House of Representatives, $11,500 each; the majority
19caucus chairman and minority caucus chairman in the Senate,
20$12,000 each; and beginning the second Wednesday in January,
211989, the majority conference chairman and the minority
22conference chairman in the House of Representatives, $10,500
23each; beginning the second Wednesday in January, 1989, the
24chairman and minority spokesman of each standing committee of
25the Senate, except the Rules Committee, the Committee on
26Committees, and the Committee on Assignment of Bills, $6,000

 

 

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1each; and beginning the second Wednesday in January, 1989, the
2chairman and minority spokesman of each standing and select
3committee of the House of Representatives, $6,000 each; and
4beginning fiscal year 2020, the majority leader in the Senate,
5an amount equal to the majority leader in the House. A member
6who serves in more than one position as an officer, committee
7chairman, or committee minority spokesman shall receive only
8one additional amount based on the position paying the highest
9additional amount. The compensation provided for in this
10Section to be paid per year to members of the General Assembly,
11including the additional sums payable per year to officers of
12the General Assembly shall be paid in 12 equal monthly
13installments. The first such installment is payable on January
1431, 1977. All subsequent equal monthly installments are
15payable on the last working day of the month. A member who has
16held office any part of a month is entitled to compensation for
17an entire month.
18    Mileage shall be paid at the rate of 20 cents per mile
19before January 9, 1985, and at the mileage allowance rate in
20effect under regulations promulgated pursuant to 5 U.S.C.
215707(b)(2) beginning January 9, 1985, for the number of actual
22highway miles necessarily and conveniently traveled by the
23most feasible route to be present upon convening of the
24sessions of the General Assembly by such member in each and
25every trip during each session in going to and returning from
26the seat of government, to be computed by the Comptroller. A

 

 

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1member traveling by public transportation for such purposes,
2however, shall be paid his actual cost of that transportation
3instead of on the mileage rate if his cost of public
4transportation exceeds the amount to which he would be
5entitled on a mileage basis. No member may be paid, whether on
6a mileage basis or for actual costs of public transportation,
7for more than one such trip for each week the General Assembly
8is actually in session. Each member shall also receive an
9allowance of $36 per day for lodging and meals while in
10attendance at sessions of the General Assembly before January
119, 1985; beginning January 9, 1985, such food and lodging
12allowance shall be equal to the amount per day permitted to be
13deducted for such expenses under the Internal Revenue Code;
14however, beginning May 31, 1995, no allowance for food and
15lodging while in attendance at sessions is authorized for
16periods of time after the last day in May of each calendar
17year, except (i) if the General Assembly is convened in
18special session by either the Governor or the presiding
19officers of both houses, as provided by subsection (b) of
20Section 5 of Article IV of the Illinois Constitution or (ii) if
21the General Assembly is convened to consider bills vetoed,
22item vetoed, reduced, or returned with specific
23recommendations for change by the Governor as provided in
24Section 9 of Article IV of the Illinois Constitution. For
25fiscal year 2011 and for session days in fiscal years 2012,
262013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019 only (i) the

 

 

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1allowance for lodging and meals is $111 per day and (ii)
2mileage for automobile travel shall be reimbursed at a rate of
3$0.39 per mile.
4    Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
5contrary, beginning in fiscal year 2012, travel reimbursement
6for General Assembly members on non-session days shall be
7calculated using the guidelines set forth by the Legislative
8Travel Control Board, except that fiscal year 2012, 2013,
92014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019 mileage reimbursement
10is set at a rate of $0.39 per mile.
11    A member may, prior to being sworn into office, elect to
12reject any travel reimbursement provided under this Section.
13Once a member elects to reject travel reimbursement, he or she
14shall not be eligible to receive travel reimbursement under
15this Section for the remainder of his or her elected term of
16office or for any subsequent term of office for which he or she
17may be elected to the same house of the General Assembly. Any
18moneys received by a member for purposes of travel
19reimbursement may voluntarily be repaid by a member to the
20State in a manner prescribed by the Comptroller.
21    If a member dies having received only a portion of the
22amount payable as compensation, the unpaid balance shall be
23paid to the surviving spouse of such member, or, if there be
24none, to the estate of such member.
25(Source: P.A. 100-25, eff. 7-26-17; 100-587, eff. 6-4-18;
26101-10, eff. 6-5-19; revised 7-17-19.)
 

 

 

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1    Section 15. The Compensation Review Act is amended by
2adding Section 7 as follows:
 
3    (25 ILCS 120/7 new)
4    Sec. 7. COLA opt-out. Notwithstanding any provision of law
5to the contrary, members of the General Assembly and executive
6branch constitutional officers of State government may, prior
7to being sworn into office, elect not to receive any increase
8in compensation that would otherwise apply based on a cost of
9living adjustment as authorized by Senate Joint Resolution 192
10of the 86th General Assembly. Once a member of the General
11Assembly or an executive branch constitutional officer elects
12not to receive a cost of living adjustment, he or she shall not
13be eligible to receive a cost of living adjustment for the
14remainder of his or her elected term of office or for any
15subsequent term of office for which he or she may be elected to
16the same office. Any increase in compensation received as a
17cost of living adjustment by a member of the General Assembly
18or an executive branch constitutional officer may voluntarily
19be repaid by a member or an officer to the State in a manner
20prescribed by the Comptroller.