Full Text of HB5777 101st General Assembly
HB5777 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2019 and 2020 HB5777 Introduced , by Rep. Charles Meier SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 25 ILCS 115/1 | from Ch. 63, par. 14 | 25 ILCS 120/6.7 new | | 25 ILCS 120/6.8 new | |
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Amends the General Assembly Compensation Act. Establishes the fiscal year 2021 mileage reimbursement rate and allowance for lodging and meals. Amends the Compensation Review Act. Reverses the increase in compensation for members of the General Assembly to the level of compensation received by members for fiscal year 2019. Prohibits cost-of-living adjustments for or during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2020 for State government legislative and executive elected officers and appointees in positions for which the Compensation Review Board previously recommended or determined compensation. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The General Assembly Compensation Act is amended | 5 | | by 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 | 8 | | an annual salary
of $28,000 or as set by the Compensation | 9 | | Review Board, whichever is
greater. The
following named | 10 | | officers, committee chairmen and committee minority spokesmen
| 11 | | shall receive additional amounts per year for
their services as | 12 | | such officers, committee chairmen and committee
minority | 13 | | spokesmen respectively, as set by the Compensation
Review Board | 14 | | or, as follows, whichever is greater: Beginning the second
| 15 | | Wednesday in January 1989, the Speaker and the minority leader | 16 | | of the
House of Representatives and the
President and the | 17 | | minority leader of the Senate, $16,000 each; the
majority | 18 | | leader in the House of Representatives $13,500;
5 assistant
| 19 | | majority leaders and 5 assistant minority leaders in the | 20 | | Senate,
$12,000
each; 6 assistant majority leaders and 6 | 21 | | assistant minority leaders in
the House of Representatives, | 22 | | $10,500 each; 2 Deputy
Majority leaders in the House of | 23 | | Representatives $11,500 each; and 2 Deputy
Minority leaders in |
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| 1 | | the House of Representatives, $11,500 each; the majority
caucus | 2 | | chairman and minority caucus chairman in the Senate, $12,000 | 3 | | each;
and beginning the second Wednesday in January, 1989, the | 4 | | majority
conference chairman and the minority conference | 5 | | chairman
in the House of Representatives, $10,500 each; | 6 | | beginning
the second Wednesday in January, 1989, the chairman | 7 | | and minority spokesman
of each standing committee of the | 8 | | Senate, except the Rules Committee, the
Committee on | 9 | | Committees, and the Committee on Assignment of Bills, $6,000
| 10 | | each; and beginning the second Wednesday in January, 1989, the | 11 | | chairman and
minority spokesman of each standing and select | 12 | | committee of the House of
Representatives, $6,000 each; and | 13 | | beginning fiscal year 2020 , the majority leader in the Senate, | 14 | | an amount equal to the majority leader in the House. A member | 15 | | who serves in more than one
position as an officer, committee | 16 | | chairman, or committee minority spokesman
shall receive only | 17 | | one additional amount based on the position paying the
highest | 18 | | additional amount. The
compensation provided for in this | 19 | | Section to be paid per year to members
of the General Assembly, | 20 | | including the additional sums payable per year
to officers of | 21 | | the General Assembly shall be paid in 12 equal monthly
| 22 | | installments. The first such installment is payable on January | 23 | | 31,
1977. All subsequent equal monthly installments are payable | 24 | | on the last
working day of the month. A member who has held | 25 | | office any part of a
month is entitled to compensation for an | 26 | | entire month. |
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| 1 | | Mileage shall be paid at the rate of 20 cents per mile | 2 | | before January
9, 1985, and at the mileage allowance rate in | 3 | | effect under regulations
promulgated pursuant to 5 U.S.C. | 4 | | 5707(b)(2) beginning January 9, 1985, for the number
of actual | 5 | | highway miles necessarily and conveniently traveled by the
most | 6 | | feasible route to be present upon convening of the sessions of | 7 | | the
General Assembly by such member in each and every trip | 8 | | during each
session in going to and returning from the seat of | 9 | | government, to be
computed by the Comptroller. A member | 10 | | traveling by public
transportation for such purposes, however, | 11 | | shall be paid his actual cost
of that transportation instead of | 12 | | on the mileage rate if his cost of
public transportation | 13 | | exceeds the amount to which he would be entitled
on a mileage | 14 | | basis. No member may be paid, whether on a mileage basis
or for | 15 | | actual costs of public transportation, for more than one such
| 16 | | trip for each week the General Assembly is actually in session. | 17 | | Each
member shall also receive an allowance of $36 per day for | 18 | | lodging and
meals while in attendance at sessions
of the | 19 | | General Assembly before January 9, 1985; beginning January 9,
| 20 | | 1985, such food and lodging allowance shall be equal to the | 21 | | amount per day
permitted to be deducted for such expenses under | 22 | | the Internal Revenue Code;
however, beginning May 31, 1995, no | 23 | | allowance for food and lodging while in
attendance at sessions | 24 | | is authorized for periods of time after the last day in
May of | 25 | | each calendar year, except (i) if the General Assembly is | 26 | | convened in
special session by either the Governor or the |
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| 1 | | presiding officers of both
houses, as provided by subsection | 2 | | (b) of Section 5 of Article IV of the
Illinois Constitution or | 3 | | (ii) if the
General Assembly is convened to consider bills | 4 | | vetoed, item vetoed, reduced, or
returned with specific | 5 | | recommendations for change by the Governor as provided
in | 6 | | Section 9 of Article IV of the Illinois Constitution. For | 7 | | fiscal year 2011 and for session days in fiscal years 2012, | 8 | | 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019 , and 2021 only (i) | 9 | | the allowance for lodging and meals is $111 per day and (ii) | 10 | | mileage for automobile travel shall be reimbursed at a rate of | 11 | | $0.39 per mile. | 12 | | Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, | 13 | | beginning in fiscal year 2012, travel reimbursement for
General | 14 | | Assembly members on non-session days shall be
calculated using | 15 | | the guidelines set forth by the Legislative
Travel Control | 16 | | Board, except that fiscal year 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, | 17 | | 2017, 2018, and 2019 , and 2021 mileage reimbursement is set at | 18 | | a rate of $0.39 per mile. | 19 | | If a member dies having received only a portion of the | 20 | | amount payable
as compensation, the unpaid balance shall be | 21 | | paid to the surviving
spouse of such member, or, if there be | 22 | | none, to the estate of such member. | 23 | | (Source: P.A. 100-25, eff. 7-26-17; 100-587, eff. 6-4-18; | 24 | | 101-10, eff. 6-5-19; revised 7-17-19.) | 25 | | Section 10. The Compensation Review Act is amended by |
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| 1 | | adding Sections 6.7 and 6.8 as follows: | 2 | | (25 ILCS 120/6.7 new) | 3 | | Sec. 6.7. General Assembly FY20 COLA. Notwithstanding any | 4 | | former or current provision of this Act, any other law, any | 5 | | report of the Compensation Review Board, or any resolution of | 6 | | the General Assembly to the contrary, any increase in | 7 | | compensation received by members of the General Assembly for or
| 8 | | during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2019 based on a cost | 9 | | of living adjustment, as authorized by Senate
Joint Resolution | 10 | | 192 of the 86th General Assembly, shall revert to the level of | 11 | | compensation received by members of the General Assembly for | 12 | | fiscal year 2019. The requirements of this Section shall apply | 13 | | to General Assembly member terms commencing on or after July 1, | 14 | | 2020, unless otherwise approved by law. | 15 | | (25 ILCS 120/6.8 new) | 16 | | Sec. 6.8. FY21 COLAs prohibited. Notwithstanding any
| 17 | | former or current provision of this Act, any other law, any
| 18 | | report of the Compensation Review Board, or any resolution of
| 19 | | the General Assembly to the contrary, members of the General
| 20 | | Assembly, State's attorneys, other than the county supplement,
| 21 | | elected executive branch constitutional officers of State
| 22 | | government, and persons in certain appointed offices of State
| 23 | | government, including the membership of State departments,
| 24 | | agencies, boards, and commissions, whose annual compensation
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| 1 | | previously was recommended or determined by the Compensation
| 2 | | Review Board, are prohibited from receiving and shall not
| 3 | | receive any increase in compensation that would otherwise apply
| 4 | | based on a cost of living adjustment, as authorized by Senate
| 5 | | Joint Resolution 192 of the 86th General Assembly, for or
| 6 | | during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2020.
| 7 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 8 | | becoming law.
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