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

 

 

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

 

 

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1the U.S. Department of Labor for the calendar year immediately
2preceding the calendar year in which the first day of that
3State fiscal year occurs.
 
4    Section 15. Period of budget emergency. This Act applies
5only during a period of budget emergency. For purposes of this
6Act, a period of budget emergency commences on (i) the date
7determined by the Business Cycle Dating Committee of the
8National Bureau of Economic Research to be the beginning date
9of a recession or (ii) the date of the public announcement by
10the Business Cycle Dating Committee of the beginning date of a
11recession, whichever is later. The period of budget emergency
12shall continue, for purposes of this Act, for either (i) the
136-month period following the date selected by the Business
14Cycle Dating Committee as the date the recession has ended or
15(ii) the date of the public announcement by the Business Cycle
16Dating Committee of the ending date of the recession, whichever
17occurs later. This Act does not apply to any salary increase
18granted (i) before the effective date of this Act or (ii)
19during any period of a State fiscal year when a budget
20emergency is not in effect.
 
21    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
22becoming law.