Full Text of SB2221 97th General Assembly
SB2221sam001 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Chris Lauzen Filed: 3/9/2011
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2221
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2221 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing | 5 | | Section 2A-1.1 as follows:
| 6 | | (10 ILCS 5/2A-1.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-1.1)
| 7 | | Sec. 2A-1.1. All Elections - Consolidated Schedule. | 8 | | (a) In
even-numbered years, the general election shall be | 9 | | held on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday of November; | 10 | | and an election to be known
as the general primary election | 11 | | shall be held on the first third Tuesday in September March ;
| 12 | | (b) In odd-numbered years, an election to be known as the
| 13 | | consolidated election shall be held on the first Tuesday in | 14 | | April except
as provided in Section 2A-1.1a of this Act; and
an | 15 | | election to be known as the consolidated primary election shall | 16 | | be
held on the last Tuesday in February.
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| 1 | | (Source: P.A. 95-6, eff. 6-20-07; 96-886, eff. 1-1-11 .)
| 2 | | Section 10. The General Assembly Compensation Act is | 3 | | amended by changing Section 4 as follows: | 4 | | (25 ILCS 115/4) (from Ch. 63, par. 15.1)
| 5 | | Sec. 4. Office allowance. Beginning July 1, 2001, each | 6 | | member
of the House
of Representatives is authorized to approve | 7 | | the expenditure of not more than
$61,000 per year and each | 8 | | member of the
Senate is authorized to approve the
expenditure | 9 | | of not more than $73,000 per
year to pay for "personal | 10 | | services",
"contractual services", "commodities", "printing", | 11 | | "travel",
"operation of automotive equipment", | 12 | | "telecommunications services", as
defined in the State Finance | 13 | | Act, and the compensation of one or more
legislative assistants | 14 | | authorized pursuant to this Section, in connection
with his or | 15 | | her legislative duties and not in connection with any political
| 16 | | campaign.
On July 1, 2002 and on July 1 of each year | 17 | | thereafter, the amount authorized
per year under this Section | 18 | | for each member of the Senate and each member of
the House of | 19 | | Representatives shall be increased by a percentage increase
| 20 | | equivalent to the lesser of (i) the increase in the designated | 21 | | cost of living
index or (ii) 5%. The designated cost of living | 22 | | index is the index known as
the "Employment Cost Index, Wages | 23 | | and Salaries, By
Occupation and Industry Groups: State and | 24 | | Local Government Workers: Public
Administration" as published |
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| 1 | | by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S.
Department of | 2 | | Labor for the calendar year immediately preceding the year of | 3 | | the
respective July 1st increase date. The increase shall be | 4 | | added to the then
current amount, and the adjusted amount so | 5 | | determined shall be the annual
amount beginning July 1 of the | 6 | | increase year until July 1 of the next year. No
increase under | 7 | | this provision shall be less than zero.
| 8 | | A member may purchase office equipment if the member | 9 | | certifies
to the Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk of the | 10 | | House, as applicable,
that the purchase price, whether paid in | 11 | | lump sum or installments, amounts
to less than would be charged | 12 | | for renting or leasing the equipment over
its anticipated | 13 | | useful life. All such equipment must be purchased through
the | 14 | | Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk of the House, as | 15 | | applicable, for
proper identification and verification of | 16 | | purchase.
| 17 | | Each member of the General Assembly is authorized to employ | 18 | | one or more
legislative assistants, who shall be solely under | 19 | | the direction and control
of that member, for the purpose of | 20 | | assisting the member in the performance
of his or her official | 21 | | duties. A legislative assistant may be employed
pursuant to | 22 | | this Section as a full-time employee, part-time employee, or
| 23 | | contractual employee, at
the discretion of the member. If | 24 | | employed as a State employee, a
legislative assistant shall | 25 | | receive employment benefits on the same terms
and conditions | 26 | | that apply to other employees of the General Assembly.
Each |
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| 1 | | member shall adopt and implement personnel policies
for | 2 | | legislative assistants under his or her direction and
control | 3 | | relating to work time requirements, documentation for | 4 | | reimbursement for
travel on official State business, | 5 | | compensation, and the earning and accrual of
State benefits for | 6 | | those legislative assistants who may be eligible to receive
| 7 | | those benefits.
The policies shall also require legislative | 8 | | assistants to
periodically submit time sheets documenting, in | 9 | | quarter-hour increments, the
time
spent each day on official | 10 | | State business.
The
policies shall require the time sheets to | 11 | | be submitted on paper,
electronically, or both and to be | 12 | | maintained in either paper or electronic
format by the | 13 | | applicable fiscal office
for a period of at least 2 years.
| 14 | | Contractual employees may satisfy
the time sheets requirement | 15 | | by complying with the terms of their contract,
which shall | 16 | | provide for a means of compliance with this requirement.
A | 17 | | member may
satisfy the requirements of this paragraph by | 18 | | adopting and implementing the
personnel policies promulgated | 19 | | by that
member's legislative leader under the State Officials | 20 | | and Employees Ethics
Act
with respect to that member's | 21 | | legislative
assistants.
| 22 | | As used in this Section the term "personal services" shall | 23 | | include
contributions of the State under the Federal Insurance | 24 | | Contribution Act and
under Article 14 of the Illinois Pension | 25 | | Code. As used in this Section the
term "contractual services" | 26 | | shall not include improvements to real property
unless those |
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| 1 | | improvements are the obligation of the lessee under the lease
| 2 | | agreement. Beginning July 1, 1989, as used in the Section, the | 3 | | term "travel"
shall be limited to travel in connection with a | 4 | | member's legislative duties and
not in connection with any | 5 | | political campaign. Beginning on the effective
date of this | 6 | | amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, as
used
in this | 7 | | Section, the term "printing" includes, but is not limited to,
| 8 | | newsletters,
brochures, certificates,
congratulatory
mailings,
| 9 | | greeting or welcome messages, anniversary or
birthday cards, | 10 | | and congratulations for prominent achievement cards. As used
in | 11 | | this Section, the term "printing" includes fees for | 12 | | non-substantive
resolutions charged by the Clerk of the House | 13 | | of Representatives under
subsection (c-5) of Section 1 of the | 14 | | Legislative Materials Act.
No newsletter or brochure that is | 15 | | paid for, in whole or in part, with
funds
provided under this | 16 | | Section may be printed or mailed during a period
beginning July | 17 | | 15 February 1 of the year of a general primary
election and | 18 | | ending the day after the general primary election and during a
| 19 | | period beginning September 1 of the year of a general election | 20 | | and ending the
day after the general election, except that such | 21 | | a newsletter or brochure may
be mailed during
those times if it | 22 | | is mailed to a constituent in response to that constituent's
| 23 | | inquiry concerning the needs of that constituent or questions | 24 | | raised by that
constituent.
Nothing in
this Section shall be | 25 | | construed to authorize expenditures for lodging and meals
while | 26 | | a member is in attendance at sessions of the General Assembly.
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| 1 | | Any utility bill for service provided to a member's | 2 | | district office for
a period including portions of 2 | 3 | | consecutive fiscal years may be paid from
funds appropriated | 4 | | for such expenditure in either fiscal year.
| 5 | | If a vacancy occurs in the office of Senator or | 6 | | Representative in the General
Assembly, any office equipment in | 7 | | the possession of the vacating member
shall transfer to the | 8 | | member's successor; if the successor does not want
such | 9 | | equipment, it shall be transferred to the Secretary of the | 10 | | Senate or
Clerk of the House of Representatives, as the case | 11 | | may be, and if not
wanted by other members of the General | 12 | | Assembly then to the Department of
Central Management Services | 13 | | for treatment as surplus property under the
State Property | 14 | | Control Act. Each member, on or before June 30th of each
year, | 15 | | shall conduct an inventory of all equipment purchased pursuant | 16 | | to
this Act. Such inventory shall be filed with the Secretary | 17 | | of the Senate
or the Clerk of the House, as the case may be. | 18 | | Whenever a vacancy occurs,
the Secretary of the Senate or the | 19 | | Clerk of the House, as the case may be,
shall conduct an | 20 | | inventory of equipment purchased.
| 21 | | In the event that a member leaves office during his or her | 22 | | term, any
unexpended or unobligated portion of the allowance | 23 | | granted under this Section
shall lapse. The vacating member's | 24 | | successor shall be granted an allowance
in an amount, rounded | 25 | | to the nearest dollar, computed by dividing the annual
| 26 | | allowance by 365 and multiplying the quotient by the number of |
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| 1 | | days remaining
in the fiscal year.
| 2 | | From any appropriation for the purposes of this Section for | 3 | | a
fiscal year which overlaps 2 General Assemblies, no more than | 4 | | 1/2 of the
annual allowance per member may be spent or | 5 | | encumbered by any member of
either the outgoing or incoming | 6 | | General Assembly, except that any member
of the incoming | 7 | | General Assembly who was a member of the outgoing General
| 8 | | Assembly may encumber or spend any portion of his annual | 9 | | allowance within
the fiscal year.
| 10 | | The appropriation for the annual allowances permitted by | 11 | | this Section
shall be included in an appropriation to the | 12 | | President of the Senate and to
the Speaker of the House of | 13 | | Representatives for their respective members.
The President of | 14 | | the Senate and the Speaker of the House shall voucher for
| 15 | | payment individual members' expenditures from their annual | 16 | | office
allowances to the State Comptroller, subject to the | 17 | | authority of the
Comptroller under Section 9 of the State | 18 | | Comptroller Act.
| 19 | | Nothing in this Section prohibits the expenditure of | 20 | | personal funds or the funds of a political committee controlled | 21 | | by an officeholder to defray the customary and reasonable | 22 | | expenses of an officeholder in connection with the performance | 23 | | of governmental and public service functions. | 24 | | (Source: P.A. 95-6, eff. 6-20-07; 96-555, eff. 8-18-09; 96-886, | 25 | | eff. 1-1-11 .)
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| 1 | | Section 15. The Legislative Commission Reorganization Act | 2 | | of 1984 is amended by changing Section 9-2.5 as follows: | 3 | | (25 ILCS 130/9-2.5)
| 4 | | Sec. 9-2.5. Newsletters and brochures. The Legislative | 5 | | Printing Unit may
not print for any member of the General | 6 | | Assembly any newsletters or brochures
during the period | 7 | | beginning February 1 of the
year of a general primary election | 8 | | and ending the day after the general primary
election and | 9 | | during a period beginning September 1 of the year of a general
| 10 | | election and ending the day after the general election.
A | 11 | | member of the General Assembly may not mail, during a period | 12 | | beginning July 15
February 1 of the year of a general primary | 13 | | election and ending the day after
the general primary election | 14 | | and during a period beginning September 1 of the
year of a | 15 | | general election and ending the day after the general election, | 16 | | any
newsletters or brochures
that were printed, at any time, by | 17 | | the Legislative
Printing Unit, except that such a newsletter or | 18 | | brochure may be mailed during
those times if it is mailed to a | 19 | | constituent in response to that constituent's
inquiry | 20 | | concerning the needs of that constituent or questions raised by | 21 | | that
constituent.
| 22 | | (Source: P.A. 95-6, eff. 6-20-07; 96-886, eff. 1-1-11 .)".
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