Rep. Michelle Mussman

Filed: 3/15/2013

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1441

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1441 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The General Assembly Compensation Act is
5amended by changing Section 1 and by adding Section 1.9 as
6follows:
 
7    (25 ILCS 115/1)  (from Ch. 63, par. 14)
8    Sec. 1. Each member of the General Assembly shall receive
9an annual salary of $28,000 or as set by the Compensation
10Review Board, whichever is greater. The following named
11officers, committee chairmen and committee minority spokesmen
12shall receive additional amounts per year for their services as
13such officers, committee chairmen and committee minority
14spokesmen respectively, as set by the Compensation Review Board
15or, as follows, whichever is greater: Beginning the second
16Wednesday in January 1989, the Speaker and the minority leader

 

 

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1of the House of Representatives and the President and the
2minority leader of the Senate, $16,000 each; the majority
3leader in the House of Representatives $13,500; 6 assistant
4majority leaders and 5 assistant minority leaders in the
5Senate, $12,000 each; 6 assistant majority leaders and 6
6assistant minority leaders in the House of Representatives,
7$10,500 each; 2 Deputy Majority leaders in the House of
8Representatives $11,500 each; and 2 Deputy Minority leaders in
9the House of Representatives, $11,500 each; the majority caucus
10chairman and minority caucus chairman in the Senate, $12,000
11each; and beginning the second Wednesday in January, 1989, the
12majority conference chairman and the minority conference
13chairman in the House of Representatives, $10,500 each;
14beginning the second Wednesday in January, 1989, the chairman
15and minority spokesman of each standing committee of the
16Senate, except the Rules Committee, the Committee on
17Committees, and the Committee on Assignment of Bills, $6,000
18each; and beginning the second Wednesday in January, 1989, the
19chairman and minority spokesman of each standing and select
20committee of the House of Representatives, $6,000 each. A
21member who serves in more than one position as an officer,
22committee chairman, or committee minority spokesman shall
23receive only one additional amount based on the position paying
24the highest additional amount. The compensation provided for in
25this Section to be paid per year to members of the General
26Assembly, including the additional sums payable per year to

 

 

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1officers of the General Assembly shall be paid in 12 equal
2monthly installments. The first such installment is payable on
3January 31, 1977. All subsequent equal monthly installments are
4payable on the last working day of the month. A member who has
5held office any part of a month is entitled to compensation for
6an entire month.
7    Mileage shall be paid at the rate of 20 cents per mile
8before January 9, 1985, and at the mileage allowance rate in
9effect under regulations promulgated pursuant to 5 U.S.C.
105707(b)(2) beginning January 9, 1985, for the number of actual
11highway miles necessarily and conveniently traveled by the most
12feasible route to be present upon convening of the sessions of
13the General Assembly by such member in each and every trip
14during each session in going to and returning from the seat of
15government, to be computed by the Comptroller. A member
16traveling by public transportation for such purposes, however,
17shall be paid his actual cost of that transportation instead of
18on the mileage rate if his cost of public transportation
19exceeds the amount to which he would be entitled on a mileage
20basis. No member may be paid, whether on a mileage basis or for
21actual costs of public transportation, for more than one such
22trip for each week the General Assembly is actually in session.
23Each member shall also receive an allowance of $36 per day for
24lodging and meals while in attendance at sessions of the
25General Assembly before January 9, 1985; beginning January 9,
261985, such food and lodging allowance shall be equal to the

 

 

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1amount per day permitted to be deducted for such expenses under
2the Internal Revenue Code; however, beginning May 31, 1995, no
3allowance for food and lodging while in attendance at sessions
4is authorized for periods of time after the last day in May of
5each calendar year, except (i) if the General Assembly is
6convened in special session by either the Governor or the
7presiding officers of both houses, as provided by subsection
8(b) of Section 5 of Article IV of the Illinois Constitution or
9(ii) if the General Assembly is convened to consider bills
10vetoed, item vetoed, reduced, or returned with specific
11recommendations for change by the Governor as provided in
12Section 9 of Article IV of the Illinois Constitution. For
13fiscal year 2011 and for session days in fiscal years 2012, and
142013, and 2014 only (i) the allowance for lodging and meals is
15$111 per day and (ii) mileage for automobile travel shall be
16reimbursed at a rate of $0.39 per mile.
17    Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
18beginning in fiscal year 2012, travel reimbursement for General
19Assembly members on non-session days shall be calculated using
20the guidelines set forth by the Legislative Travel Control
21Board, except that fiscal year 2012, and 2013, and 2014 mileage
22reimbursement is set at a rate of $0.39 per mile.
23    If a member dies having received only a portion of the
24amount payable as compensation, the unpaid balance shall be
25paid to the surviving spouse of such member, or, if there be
26none, to the estate of such member.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 96-958, eff. 7-1-10; 97-71, eff. 6-30-11; 97-718,
2eff. 6-29-12.)
 
3    (25 ILCS 115/1.9 new)
4    Sec. 1.9. FY14 furlough days. During each month of the
5fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013, every member of the 98th
6General Assembly is mandatorily required to forfeit one day of
7compensation. The State Comptroller shall deduct the
8equivalent of 1/261st of the annual salary of each member of
9the 98th General Assembly from the compensation of that member
10in each month of the fiscal year. For purposes of this Section,
11annual compensation includes compensation paid to each member
12by the State for one year of service pursuant to Section 1,
13except any payments made for mileage and allowances for travel
14and meals. The forfeiture required by this Section is not
15considered a change in salary and shall not impact pension or
16other benefits provided to members of the General Assembly.
 
17    Section 10. The Compensation Review Act is amended by
18changing Sections 5.8 and 5.9 and by adding Section 6.1 as
19follows:
 
20    (25 ILCS 120/5.8)
21    Sec. 5.8. FY12 COLAs prohibited. Notwithstanding any
22former or current provision of this Act, any other law, any
23report of the Compensation Review Board, or any resolution of

 

 

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1the General Assembly to the contrary, members of the General
2Assembly, State's attorneys, other than the county supplement,
3elected executive branch constitutional officers of State
4government, and persons in certain appointed offices of State
5government, including the membership of State departments,
6agencies, boards, and commissions, whose annual compensation
7previously was recommended or determined by the Compensation
8Review Board, are prohibited from receiving and shall not
9receive any increase in compensation that would otherwise apply
10based on a cost of living adjustment, as authorized by Senate
11Joint Resolution 192 of the 86th General Assembly, for or
12during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2011. That cost of
13living adjustment shall apply again in the fiscal year
14beginning July 1, 2012 and thereafter.
15(Source: P.A. 97-71, eff. 6-30-11.)
 
16    (25 ILCS 120/5.9)
17    Sec. 5.9. FY13 COLAs prohibited. Notwithstanding any
18former or current provision of this Act, any other law, any
19report of the Compensation Review Board, or any resolution of
20the General Assembly to the contrary, members of the General
21Assembly, State's attorneys, other than the county supplement,
22elected executive branch constitutional officers of State
23government, and persons in certain appointed offices of State
24government, including the membership of State departments,
25agencies, boards, and commissions, whose annual compensation

 

 

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1previously was recommended or determined by the Compensation
2Review Board, are prohibited from receiving and shall not
3receive any increase in compensation that would otherwise apply
4based on a cost of living adjustment, as authorized by Senate
5Joint Resolution 192 of the 86th General Assembly, for or
6during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2012. That cost of
7living adjustment shall apply again in the fiscal year
8beginning July 1, 2013 and thereafter.
9(Source: P.A. 97-718, eff. 6-29-12.)
 
10    (25 ILCS 120/6.1 new)
11    Sec. 6.1. FY14 COLAs prohibited. Notwithstanding any
12former or current provision of this Act, any other law, any
13report of the Compensation Review Board, or any resolution of
14the General Assembly to the contrary, members of the General
15Assembly, State's attorneys, other than the county supplement,
16elected executive branch constitutional officers of State
17government, and persons in certain appointed offices of State
18government, including the membership of State departments,
19agencies, boards, and commissions, whose annual compensation
20previously was recommended or determined by the Compensation
21Review Board, are prohibited from receiving and shall not
22receive any increase in compensation that would otherwise apply
23based on a cost of living adjustment, as authorized by Senate
24Joint Resolution 192 of the 86th General Assembly, for or
25during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013.
 

 

 

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1    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
2becoming law.".