99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB5744

 

Introduced , by Rep. Sheri L Jesiel

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
25 ILCS 15/1.5 new
25 ILCS 15/2  from Ch. 63, par. 192
25 ILCS 115/1  from Ch. 63, par. 14

    Amends the Special Session Act. On and after the effective date of this amendatory Act, if the General Assembly fails to pass a balanced budget by May 31st of each year, a continuing special session of the General Assembly shall be convened by joint proclamation for the purpose of passing a balanced budget. Provides that the joint proclamation shall specify that the General Assembly will convene every day until a balanced budget is passed. Amends the General Assembly Compensation Act to disallow per diem allowance for food and lodging during a continuing special session. 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 5. The Special Session Act is amended by changing
5Section 2 and by adding Section 1.5 as follows:
 
6    (25 ILCS 15/1.5 new)
7    Sec. 1.5. Continuing special session.
8    On and after the effective date of this amendatory Act of
9the 99th General Assembly, if the General Assembly fails to
10pass a balanced budget for the next State fiscal year by May
1131st of each year, a continuing special session of the General
12Assembly shall be convened by joint proclamation under Section
131 for the purpose of passing a balanced budget. The joint
14proclamation shall specify that the General Assembly will
15convene every day until a balanced budget is passed. The
16proclamation shall be filed with the Secretary of State, with
17notice to be provided to the members under Section 2.
 
18    (25 ILCS 15/2)  (from Ch. 63, par. 192)
19    Sec. 2.
20    Upon the filing of a joint proclamation for a special
21session under Section 1, the Secretary of State shall, at least
224 days before the date set for the convening of that special

 

 

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1session, send written notice by certified mail to each member
2of the General Assembly of the joint proclamation and the
3purpose, date, and time set for the convening of the special
4session. If the Speaker and President declare in the joint
5proclamation that a demonstrable emergency exists which
6requires immediate action by the General Assembly, or declare a
7continuing special session under Section 1.5, the requirements
8of this Section section shall be suspended and the Secretary of
9State shall take whatever reasonable steps necessary to notify
10the members of the General Assembly of the date and time of the
11emergency special session or continuing special session.
12(Source: P.A. 77-1783.)
 
13    Section 10. The General Assembly Compensation Act is
14amended by changing Section 1 as follows:
 
15    (25 ILCS 115/1)  (from Ch. 63, par. 14)
16    Sec. 1. Each member of the General Assembly shall receive
17an annual salary of $28,000 or as set by the Compensation
18Review Board, whichever is greater. The following named
19officers, committee chairmen and committee minority spokesmen
20shall receive additional amounts per year for their services as
21such officers, committee chairmen and committee minority
22spokesmen respectively, as set by the Compensation Review Board
23or, as follows, whichever is greater: Beginning the second
24Wednesday 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, other than a continuing special
7session under Section 1.5 of the Special Session Act, by either
8the Governor or the presiding officers of both houses, as
9provided by subsection (b) of Section 5 of Article IV of the
10Illinois Constitution or (ii) if the General Assembly is
11convened to consider bills vetoed, item vetoed, reduced, or
12returned with specific recommendations for change by the
13Governor as provided in Section 9 of Article IV of the Illinois
14Constitution. For fiscal year 2011 and for session days in
15fiscal years 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016 only (i) the
16allowance for lodging and meals is $111 per day and (ii)
17mileage for automobile travel shall be reimbursed at a rate of
18$0.39 per mile.
19    Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
20beginning in fiscal year 2012, travel reimbursement for General
21Assembly members on non-session days shall be calculated using
22the guidelines set forth by the Legislative Travel Control
23Board, except that fiscal year 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016
24mileage reimbursement is set at a rate of $0.39 per mile.
25    If a member dies having received only a portion of the
26amount payable as compensation, the unpaid balance shall be

 

 

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1paid to the surviving spouse of such member, or, if there be
2none, to the estate of such member.
3(Source: P.A. 98-30, eff. 6-24-13; 98-682, eff. 6-30-14;
499-355, eff. 8-13-15.)
 
5    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
6becoming law.