HB3442 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB3442

Introduced 2/27/2007, by Rep. Rich Brauer

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

25 ILCS 120/4

from Ch. 63, par. 904

Amends the Compensation Review Act. Provides that reports filed by the Board after the effective date of this amendatory Act shall also state the annual salary for merit compensation employees. Provides that the compensation for merit compensation employees shall be the higher of that set by the Board, by the employing agency, or under the terms of a collective bargaining agreement. Defines "merit compensation employees" as those covered by the pay plan prepared by the Director of Central Management Services under certain provisions of the Personnel Code.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning State government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Compensation Review Act is amended by changing Section 4 as follows:

(25 ILCS 120/4) (from Ch. 63, par. 904)

Sec. 4. Meetings of the Board; determining compensation; public hearings; reports. The Board shall meet as often as may be necessary and shall determine, upon a vote requiring at least 7 affirmative votes, the compensation for members of the General Assembly, judges, other than the county supplement, State's attorneys, other than the county supplement, the elected constitutional officers of State government, and certain appointed officers of State government, and merit compensation employees.

In determining the compensation for each office, the Compensation Review Board shall consider the following factors:

(a) the skill required,

(b) the time required,

(c) the opportunity for other earned income,

(d) the value of public services as performed in comparable states,

(e) the value of such services as performed in the private sector in Illinois and comparable states based on the responsibility and discretion required in the office,

(f) the average consumer prices commonly known as the cost of living,

(g) the overall compensation presently received by the public officials and all other benefits received,

(h) the interests and welfare of the public and the financial ability of the State to meet those costs, and

(i) such other factors, not confined to the foregoing, which are normally or traditionally taken into consideration in the determination of such compensation.

The Board shall conduct public hearings prior to filing its report.

At the public hearings, the Board shall allow interested persons to present their views and comments. The Board may prescribe reasonable rules for the conduct of public hearings, to prevent undue repetition. The meetings of the Board are subject to the Open Meetings Act.

The Board shall file an initial report with the House of Representatives, the Senate, the Comptroller and the Secretary of State. Subsequent reports shall be filed therewith before April 1 in each even-numbered year thereafter stating the annual salary for members of the General Assembly, the elected State constitutional officers and certain appointed State officers and compensated employees and members of certain State departments, agencies, boards and commissions whose terms begin in the next calendar year; the annual salary for State's attorneys; and the annual salary for the Auditor General and for Supreme Court, Appellate Court, Circuit Court and Associate judges. If the report increases the annual salary of judges, State's attorneys, and the Auditor General, such increase shall take effect as soon as the time period for disapproval or reduction, as provided in subsection (b) of Section 5, has expired.

Reports filed after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly shall also state the annual salary for merit compensation employees. The compensation for merit compensation employees shall be the higher of that set by the Board, by the employing agency, or under the terms of a collective bargaining agreement. "Merit compensation employees" are those covered by the pay plan prepared by the Director of Central Management Services under Section 8a of the Personnel Code.

The salaries in the report or as reduced by the General Assembly, other than for judges, State's attorneys, and the Auditor General, shall take effect as provided by law.

(Source: P.A. 90-375, eff. 8-14-97; 91-798, eff. 7-9-00.)