Full Text of HB1441 98th General Assembly
HB1441ham001 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Michelle Mussman Filed: 3/15/2013
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1441
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1441 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The General Assembly Compensation Act is | 5 | | amended by changing Section 1 and by adding Section 1.9 as | 6 | | follows: | 7 | | (25 ILCS 115/1) (from Ch. 63, par. 14) | 8 | | Sec. 1. Each member of the General Assembly shall receive | 9 | | an annual salary
of $28,000 or as set by the Compensation | 10 | | Review Board, whichever is
greater. The
following named | 11 | | officers, committee chairmen and committee minority spokesmen
| 12 | | shall receive additional amounts per year for
their services as | 13 | | such officers, committee chairmen and committee
minority | 14 | | spokesmen respectively, as set by the Compensation
Review Board | 15 | | or, as follows, whichever is greater: Beginning the second
| 16 | | Wednesday in January 1989, the Speaker and the minority leader |
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| 1 | | of the
House of Representatives and the
President and the | 2 | | minority leader of the Senate, $16,000 each; the
majority | 3 | | leader in the House of Representatives $13,500;
6 assistant
| 4 | | majority leaders and 5 assistant minority leaders in the | 5 | | Senate,
$12,000
each; 6 assistant majority leaders and 6 | 6 | | assistant minority leaders in
the House of Representatives, | 7 | | $10,500 each; 2 Deputy
Majority leaders in the House of | 8 | | Representatives $11,500 each; and 2 Deputy
Minority leaders in | 9 | | the House of Representatives, $11,500 each; the majority
caucus | 10 | | chairman and minority caucus chairman in the Senate, $12,000 | 11 | | each;
and beginning the second Wednesday in January, 1989, the | 12 | | majority
conference chairman and the minority conference | 13 | | chairman
in the House of Representatives, $10,500 each; | 14 | | beginning
the second Wednesday in January, 1989, the chairman | 15 | | and minority spokesman
of each standing committee of the | 16 | | Senate, except the Rules Committee, the
Committee on | 17 | | Committees, and the Committee on Assignment of Bills, $6,000
| 18 | | each; and beginning the second Wednesday in January, 1989, the | 19 | | chairman and
minority spokesman of each standing and select | 20 | | committee of the House of
Representatives, $6,000 each. A | 21 | | member who serves in more than one
position as an officer, | 22 | | committee chairman, or committee minority spokesman
shall | 23 | | receive only one additional amount based on the position paying | 24 | | the
highest additional amount. The
compensation provided for in | 25 | | this Section to be paid per year to members
of the General | 26 | | Assembly, including the additional sums payable per year
to |
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| 1 | | officers of the General Assembly shall be paid in 12 equal | 2 | | monthly
installments. The first such installment is payable on | 3 | | January 31,
1977. All subsequent equal monthly installments are | 4 | | payable on the last
working day of the month. A member who has | 5 | | held office any part of a
month is entitled to compensation for | 6 | | an entire month. | 7 | | Mileage shall be paid at the rate of 20 cents per mile | 8 | | before January
9, 1985, and at the mileage allowance rate in | 9 | | effect under regulations
promulgated pursuant to 5 U.S.C. | 10 | | 5707(b)(2) beginning January 9, 1985, for the number
of actual | 11 | | highway miles necessarily and conveniently traveled by the
most | 12 | | feasible route to be present upon convening of the sessions of | 13 | | the
General Assembly by such member in each and every trip | 14 | | during each
session in going to and returning from the seat of | 15 | | government, to be
computed by the Comptroller. A member | 16 | | traveling by public
transportation for such purposes, however, | 17 | | shall be paid his actual cost
of that transportation instead of | 18 | | on the mileage rate if his cost of
public transportation | 19 | | exceeds the amount to which he would be entitled
on a mileage | 20 | | basis. No member may be paid, whether on a mileage basis
or for | 21 | | actual costs of public transportation, for more than one such
| 22 | | trip for each week the General Assembly is actually in session. | 23 | | Each
member shall also receive an allowance of $36 per day for | 24 | | lodging and
meals while in attendance at sessions
of the | 25 | | General Assembly before January 9, 1985; beginning January 9,
| 26 | | 1985, such food and lodging allowance shall be equal to the |
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| 1 | | amount per day
permitted to be deducted for such expenses under | 2 | | the Internal Revenue Code;
however, beginning May 31, 1995, no | 3 | | allowance for food and lodging while in
attendance at sessions | 4 | | is authorized for periods of time after the last day in
May of | 5 | | each calendar year, except (i) if the General Assembly is | 6 | | convened in
special session by either the Governor or the | 7 | | presiding officers of both
houses, as provided by subsection | 8 | | (b) of Section 5 of Article IV of the
Illinois Constitution or | 9 | | (ii) if the
General Assembly is convened to consider bills | 10 | | vetoed, item vetoed, reduced, or
returned with specific | 11 | | recommendations for change by the Governor as provided
in | 12 | | Section 9 of Article IV of the Illinois Constitution. For | 13 | | fiscal year 2011 and for session days in fiscal years 2012 , and | 14 | | 2013 , and 2014 only (i) the allowance for lodging and meals is | 15 | | $111 per day and (ii) mileage for automobile travel shall be | 16 | | reimbursed at a rate of $0.39 per mile. | 17 | | Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, | 18 | | beginning in fiscal year 2012, travel reimbursement for
General | 19 | | Assembly members on non-session days shall be
calculated using | 20 | | the guidelines set forth by the Legislative
Travel Control | 21 | | Board, except that fiscal year 2012 , and 2013 , and 2014 mileage | 22 | | reimbursement is set at a rate of $0.39 per mile. | 23 | | If a member dies having received only a portion of the | 24 | | amount payable
as compensation, the unpaid balance shall be | 25 | | paid to the surviving
spouse of such member, or, if there be | 26 | | none, to the estate of such member. |
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| 1 | | (Source: P.A. 96-958, eff. 7-1-10; 97-71, eff. 6-30-11; 97-718, | 2 | | eff. 6-29-12.) | 3 | | (25 ILCS 115/1.9 new) | 4 | | Sec. 1.9. FY14 furlough days. During each month of the | 5 | | fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013, every member of the 98th | 6 | | General Assembly is mandatorily required to forfeit one day of | 7 | | compensation. The State Comptroller shall deduct the | 8 | | equivalent of 1/261st of the annual salary of each member of | 9 | | the 98th General Assembly from the compensation of that member | 10 | | in each month of the fiscal year. For purposes of this Section, | 11 | | annual compensation includes compensation paid to each member | 12 | | by the State for one year of service pursuant to Section 1, | 13 | | except any payments made for mileage and allowances for travel | 14 | | and meals. The forfeiture required by this Section is not | 15 | | considered a change in salary and shall not impact pension or | 16 | | other benefits provided to members of the General Assembly. | 17 | | Section 10. The Compensation Review Act is amended by | 18 | | changing Sections 5.8 and 5.9 and by adding Section 6.1 as | 19 | | follows: | 20 | | (25 ILCS 120/5.8) | 21 | | Sec. 5.8. FY12 COLAs prohibited. Notwithstanding any | 22 | | former or current provision of this Act, any other law, any | 23 | | report of the Compensation Review Board, or any resolution of |
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| 1 | | the General Assembly to the contrary, members of the General | 2 | | Assembly, State's attorneys, other than the county supplement, | 3 | | elected executive branch constitutional officers of State | 4 | | government, and persons in certain appointed offices of State | 5 | | government, including the membership of State departments, | 6 | | agencies, boards, and commissions, whose annual compensation | 7 | | previously was recommended or determined by the Compensation | 8 | | Review Board, are prohibited from receiving and shall not | 9 | | receive any increase in compensation that would otherwise apply | 10 | | based on a cost of living adjustment, as authorized by Senate | 11 | | Joint Resolution 192 of the 86th General Assembly, for or | 12 | | during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2011. That cost of | 13 | | living adjustment shall apply again in the fiscal year | 14 | | beginning July 1, 2012 and thereafter.
| 15 | | (Source: P.A. 97-71, eff. 6-30-11.) | 16 | | (25 ILCS 120/5.9) | 17 | | Sec. 5.9. FY13 COLAs prohibited. Notwithstanding any | 18 | | former or current provision of this Act, any other law, any | 19 | | report of the Compensation Review Board, or any resolution of | 20 | | the General Assembly to the contrary, members of the General | 21 | | Assembly, State's attorneys, other than the county supplement, | 22 | | elected executive branch constitutional officers of State | 23 | | government, and persons in certain appointed offices of State | 24 | | government, including the membership of State departments, | 25 | | 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, 2012. That cost of
| 7 | | living adjustment shall apply again in the fiscal year
| 8 | | beginning July 1, 2013 and thereafter.
| 9 | | (Source: P.A. 97-718, eff. 6-29-12.) | 10 | | (25 ILCS 120/6.1 new) | 11 | | Sec. 6.1. FY14 COLAs prohibited. Notwithstanding any | 12 | | former or current provision of this Act, any other law, any | 13 | | report of the Compensation Review Board, or any resolution of | 14 | | the General Assembly to the contrary, members of the General | 15 | | Assembly, State's attorneys, other than the county supplement, | 16 | | elected executive branch constitutional officers of State | 17 | | government, and persons in certain appointed offices of State | 18 | | government, including the membership of State departments, | 19 | | agencies, boards, and commissions, whose annual compensation | 20 | | previously was recommended or determined by the Compensation | 21 | | Review Board, are prohibited from receiving and shall not | 22 | | receive any increase in compensation that would otherwise apply | 23 | | based on a cost of living adjustment, as authorized by Senate | 24 | | Joint Resolution 192 of the 86th General Assembly, for or | 25 | | during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013.
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| 1 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 2 | | becoming law.".
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