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 1                    AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 100

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend Senate Bill 100 on page 1,  by
 3    inserting after line 1 the following:

 4        "WHEREAS, The General Assembly finds that:

 5        (a)  Senate  Joint  Resolution  192  of  the 86th General
 6    Assembly was intended to provide for the  payment  of  annual
 7    cost-of-living  adjustments  as  a component of the salary of
 8    judges and other public officials to which it pertains; and
 9        (b)  Section 5 of Public Act 92-607, effective  June  28,
10    2002,  provides  that judges, among others, shall not receive
11    any  increase  in  compensation  based  on  a  cost-of-living
12    adjustment, as authorized by Senate Joint Resolution 192, for
13    or during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2002; and
14        (c)  Article VI, Section 14, of the Illinois Constitution
15    provides that "Judges shall receive salaries provided by  law
16    which  shall  not  be  diminished to take effect during their
17    time of office"; and
18        (d)  Section 5  of  Public  Act  92-607,  as  applied  to
19    judges,  in  withholding  payment  of a component of judicial
20    compensation, does not comport with the provisions of Article
21    VI, Section 14, of the Illinois Constitution; and
22        (e)  It is in the  public  interest  to  defer  the  next
 
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 1    report  of the Compensation Review Board that otherwise would
 2    be filed in 2004  for  an  additional  period  of  one  year,
 3    requiring  the  Board  to file its next report in 2005 and to
 4    file subsequent reports every 2 years; therefore"; and

 5    on page 3, by inserting after line 14 the following:

 6        "Notwithstanding the provisions of Public Act  92-607  or
 7    any   other  law,  the  cost-of-living  adjustment  otherwise
 8    authorized by Senate Joint Resolution 192 of the 86th General
 9    Assembly for judges shall be deemed to have taken effect  for
10    the   fiscal  year  beginning  July  1,  2002  and  shall  be
11    payable.".