97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB3611

 

Introduced 2/24/2011, by Rep. Michael Unes - Norine Hammond - Dwight Kay - Jil Tracy - Renée Kosel, et al.

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
New Act

    Creates the Gubernatorial Employee Salary Cap Act. Provides that no Governor's Office employee may receive an aggregate salary increase in any State fiscal year that exceeds the lesser of (i) 3% or (ii) the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for the calendar year immediately preceding the calendar year in which the first day of that State fiscal year occurs. Defines a Governor's Office employee as (i) any person who is employed in the Office of the Governor or the Governor's Office of Management and Budget in a position that is not subject to any of the jurisdictions of the Illinois Personnel Code or (ii) any official or employee of an executive branch State agency working under the direction and control of the Governor in a position for which he or she was appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. Provides that, if an executive branch employee under the direction and control of the Governor is promoted to an existing position or a newly created position as a Governor's Office employee, then for the duration of the State fiscal year, the employee may not receive an aggregate salary increase over the employee's salary on the last business day immediately preceding the effective date of the promotion that exceeds the lesser of (i) 3% or (ii) the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for the calendar year immediately preceding the calendar year in which the first day of that State fiscal year occurs. Provides that the limitations on salary increases apply only during a period of budget emergency. Provides that the Act does not apply to any salary increases granted (i) before the effective date of the Act or (ii) during any period of a State fiscal year when a budget emergency is not in effect. Effective immediately.


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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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5Gubernatorial Employee Salary Cap Act.
 
6    Section 5. Limitations on salary increases.
7Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during a period of
8budget emergency, as defined in Section 15 of this Act, no
9Governor's Office employee may receive an aggregate salary
10increase in any State fiscal year that exceeds the lesser of
11(i) 3% or (ii) the percentage increase in the Consumer Price
12Index for All Urban Consumers, as published by the Bureau of
13Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor for the
14calendar year immediately preceding the calendar year in which
15the first day of that State fiscal year occurs. For the
16purposes of this Act, the term "Governor's Office employee"
17means (i) any person who is employed in the Office of the
18Governor or the Governor's Office of Management and Budget in a
19position that is not subject to any of the jurisdictions of the
20Illinois Personnel Code or (ii) any official or employee of an
21executive branch State agency working under the direction and
22control of the Governor in a position for which he or she was
23appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the

 

 

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1Senate. The term "Governor's Office employee" also includes
2individuals who are employed in the Office of the Governor or
3the Governor's Office of Management and Budget but are paid
4from an appropriation of any other executive branch State
5agency pursuant to an interagency agreement.
 
6    Section 10. Applicability of cap to promotions. During a
7period of budget emergency, as defined in Section 15 of this
8Act, if any executive branch employee under the direction and
9control of the Governor is promoted to an existing position as
10a Governor's Office employee, then for the duration of the
11State fiscal year, the employee may not receive an aggregate
12salary increase over the employee's salary on the last business
13day immediately preceding the effective date of the promotion
14that exceeds the lesser of (i) 3% or (ii) the percentage
15increase in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers,
16as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S.
17Department of Labor for the calendar year immediately preceding
18the calendar year in which the first day of that State fiscal
19year occurs. Except as otherwise provided by law or by joint
20resolution of the General Assembly, if any executive branch
21employee under the direction and control of the Governor is
22promoted to a newly created position as a Governor's Office
23employee, then the employee may not receive, for the duration
24of the State fiscal year, an aggregate salary increase over the
25employee's salary on the last business day immediately

 

 

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1preceding the effective date of the promotion that exceeds the
2lesser of (i) 3% or (ii) the percentage increase in the
3Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, as published by
4the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor
5for the calendar year immediately preceding the calendar year
6in which the first day of that State fiscal year occurs.
 
7    Section 15. Period of budget emergency. This Act applies
8only during a period of budget emergency. For purposes of this
9Act, a period of budget emergency commences on (i) the date
10determined by the Business Cycle Dating Committee of the
11National Bureau of Economic Research to be the beginning date
12of a recession or (ii) the date of the public announcement by
13the Business Cycle Dating Committee of the beginning date of a
14recession, whichever is later. The period of budget emergency
15shall continue, for purposes of this Act, for either (i) the
166-month period following the date selected by the Business
17Cycle Dating Committee as the date the recession has ended or
18(ii) the date of the public announcement by the Business Cycle
19Dating Committee of the ending date of the recession, whichever
20occurs later. This Act does not apply to any salary increase
21granted (i) before the effective date of this Act or (ii)
22during any period of a State fiscal year when a budget
23emergency is not in effect.
 
24    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
25becoming law.