97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB2865

 

Introduced 2/1/2012, by Sen. Dan Duffy

 

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

    Amends the General Assembly Compensation Act. Provides that, during terms of office that begin on or after the second Wednesday in January, 2013, no member shall receive additional compensation for serving as the chairman or minority spokesman of a standing committee of the Senate or as the chairman or minority spokesman of a standing or select committee of the House of Representatives. Effective January 9, 2013.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

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 Compensation Act is amended
5by changing Section 1 as follows:
 
6    (25 ILCS 115/1)  (from Ch. 63, par. 14)
7    Sec. 1. Each member of the General Assembly shall receive
8an annual salary of $28,000 or as set by the Compensation
9Review Board, whichever is greater. The following named
10officers, committee chairmen and committee minority spokesmen
11shall receive additional amounts per year for their services as
12such officers, committee chairmen and committee minority
13spokesmen respectively, as set by the Compensation Review Board
14or, as follows, whichever is greater: Beginning the second
15Wednesday in January 1989, the Speaker and the minority leader
16of the House of Representatives and the President and the
17minority leader of the Senate, $16,000 each; the majority
18leader in the House of Representatives $13,500; 6 assistant
19majority leaders and 5 assistant minority leaders in the
20Senate, $12,000 each; 6 assistant majority leaders and 6
21assistant minority leaders in the House of Representatives,
22$10,500 each; 2 Deputy Majority leaders in the House of
23Representatives $11,500 each; and 2 Deputy Minority leaders in

 

 

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1the House of Representatives, $11,500 each; the majority caucus
2chairman and minority caucus chairman in the Senate, $12,000
3each; and beginning the second Wednesday in January, 1989, the
4majority conference chairman and the minority conference
5chairman in the House of Representatives, $10,500 each;
6beginning the second Wednesday in January, 1989, the chairman
7and minority spokesman of each standing committee of the
8Senate, except the Rules Committee, the Committee on
9Committees, and the Committee on Assignment of Bills, $6,000
10each; and beginning the second Wednesday in January, 1989, the
11chairman and minority spokesman of each standing and select
12committee of the House of Representatives, $6,000 each. A
13member who serves in more than one position as an officer,
14committee chairman, or committee minority spokesman shall
15receive only one additional amount based on the position paying
16the highest additional amount. During terms of office that
17begin on or after the second Wednesday in January, 2013, no
18member shall receive additional compensation for serving as the
19chairman or minority spokesman of a standing committee of the
20Senate or as the chairman or minority spokesman of a standing
21or select committee of the House of Representatives. The
22compensation provided for in this Section to be paid per year
23to members of the General Assembly, including the additional
24sums payable per year to officers of the General Assembly shall
25be paid in 12 equal monthly installments. The first such
26installment is payable on January 31, 1977. All subsequent

 

 

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1equal monthly installments are payable on the last working day
2of the month. A member who has held office any part of a month
3is entitled to compensation for an entire month.
4    Mileage shall be paid at the rate of 20 cents per mile
5before January 9, 1985, and at the mileage allowance rate in
6effect under regulations promulgated pursuant to 5 U.S.C.
75707(b)(2) beginning January 9, 1985, for the number of actual
8highway miles necessarily and conveniently traveled by the most
9feasible route to be present upon convening of the sessions of
10the General Assembly by such member in each and every trip
11during each session in going to and returning from the seat of
12government, to be computed by the Comptroller. A member
13traveling by public transportation for such purposes, however,
14shall be paid his actual cost of that transportation instead of
15on the mileage rate if his cost of public transportation
16exceeds the amount to which he would be entitled on a mileage
17basis. No member may be paid, whether on a mileage basis or for
18actual costs of public transportation, for more than one such
19trip for each week the General Assembly is actually in session.
20Each member shall also receive an allowance of $36 per day for
21lodging and meals while in attendance at sessions of the
22General Assembly before January 9, 1985; beginning January 9,
231985, such food and lodging allowance shall be equal to the
24amount per day permitted to be deducted for such expenses under
25the Internal Revenue Code; however, beginning May 31, 1995, no
26allowance for food and lodging while in attendance at sessions

 

 

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1is authorized for periods of time after the last day in May of
2each calendar year, except (i) if the General Assembly is
3convened in special session by either the Governor or the
4presiding officers of both houses, as provided by subsection
5(b) of Section 5 of Article IV of the Illinois Constitution or
6(ii) if the General Assembly is convened to consider bills
7vetoed, item vetoed, reduced, or returned with specific
8recommendations for change by the Governor as provided in
9Section 9 of Article IV of the Illinois Constitution.
10Notwithstanding any other provision, for fiscal year 2011 and
11for session days in fiscal year 2012 only (i) the allowance for
12lodging and meals is $111 per day and (ii) mileage for
13automobile travel shall be reimbursed at a rate of $0.39 per
14mile.
15    Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
16beginning in fiscal year 2012, travel reimbursement for General
17Assembly members on non-session days shall be calculated using
18the guidelines set forth by the Legislative Travel Control
19Board, except that fiscal year 2012 mileage reimbursement is
20set at a rate of $0.39 per mile.
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. 96-958, eff. 7-1-10; 97-71, eff. 6-30-11.)
 
26    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January

 

 

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19, 2013.