Full Text of SB0190 096th General Assembly
SB0190eng 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| AN ACT concerning State government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Compensation Review Act is amended by | 5 |
| changing Sections 2, 3, 4, and 5 as follows:
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| (25 ILCS 120/2) (from Ch. 63, par. 902)
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| Sec. 2. Board established. The There is created the | 8 |
| Compensation Review Board, hereinafter referred
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| Board, is created as an independent commission within the | 10 |
| legislative branch of State government.
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| The Board shall consist of 10 l2 members . The terms of the | 12 |
| members serving on the effective date of this amendatory Act of | 13 |
| the 96th General Assembly are terminated. On and after the | 14 |
| effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General | 15 |
| Assembly, Board members shall be , appointed as follows: one | 16 |
| each by the Governor, the Attorney General, the Secretary of | 17 |
| State, the State Comptroller, the State Treasurer, 3 each by | 18 |
| the Speaker
of the House of Representatives, the Minority | 19 |
| Leader thereof, the President
of the Senate, and the Minority | 20 |
| Leader thereof , and the Auditor General . Members shall be | 21 |
| adults
and be residents of Illinois. Members may not be members | 22 |
| or employees or
former members or employees of the judicial, | 23 |
| executive , or legislative branch branches
of State government; |
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| members may not be annuitants with a retirement system under | 2 |
| Article 2, 14, 15, or 18 of the Illinois Pension Code; nor may | 3 |
| members be persons registered under the Lobbyist
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| Act. Members of the Board shall be selected from among the | 5 |
| following, and there must be at least one member appointed from | 6 |
| each of the following: (i) an executive of a major corporation | 7 |
| incorporated under the laws of Illinois; (ii) a small business | 8 |
| owner; (iii) an officer or member of a labor organization; (iv) | 9 |
| an expert in compensation (such as an economist, human | 10 |
| resources manager, etc.); (v) a member of a non-profit public | 11 |
| interest organization; or (vi) a representative of the general | 12 |
| public. A Any member may not be reappointed for a consecutive | 13 |
| term. The
respective appointing authority legislative leader | 14 |
| may remove any such appointed
member prior to the expiration of | 15 |
| his or her term on the Board for official
misconduct, | 16 |
| incompetence , or neglect of duty.
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| Members shall serve without compensation but shall receive | 18 |
| an allowance
for living expenses incurred in the performance of | 19 |
| their official duties in
an amount per day equal to the amount | 20 |
| permitted to be deducted for such
expenses by members of the | 21 |
| General Assembly under the federal Internal
Revenue Code, as | 22 |
| now or hereafter amended. The rate for reimbursement of
mileage | 23 |
| expenses shall be equal to the amount established from time to | 24 |
| time
for members of the General Assembly. | 25 |
| The Board may, without regard to the
Personnel Code, employ | 26 |
| and fix the compensation or remuneration of
employees and |
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| contract for personal and professional services as it considers | 2 |
| necessary or desirable. The General Assembly
shall appropriate | 3 |
| to the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability
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| the funds necessary to operate the Board, and the Commission | 5 |
| shall prepare and submit vouchers on behalf of the Board and | 6 |
| provide other fiscal services to the Board as the Board | 7 |
| requests and directs; but the Commission shall not exercise any | 8 |
| authority or control over the Board or its employees or | 9 |
| contractors.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-839, eff. 6-6-06.)
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| (25 ILCS 120/3) (from Ch. 63, par. 903)
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| Sec. 3. Board terms; vacancies; chairperson. As soon as | 13 |
| possible after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the | 14 |
| 96th General Assembly, the appointing authorities shall | 15 |
| appoint the Board members. As determined by lot, 3 of the | 16 |
| initial members shall serve terms of 4 years, 3 of the initial | 17 |
| members shall serve terms of 5 years, and 4 of the initial | 18 |
| members shall serve terms of 6 years. Subsequent members shall | 19 |
| serve terms of 6 years. Each member's term shall expire on June | 20 |
| 30th of the appropriate year, but the member may serve until | 21 |
| his or her successor is appointed and qualified. As soon as | 22 |
| possible after the effective date of this Act, the
Speaker of | 23 |
| the House of Representatives, the Minority Leader thereof, the
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| President of the Senate, and the Minority Leader thereof, shall | 25 |
| each
appoint to the Board one member to serve a term not |
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| exceeding one year, one
member to serve a term not exceeding 2 | 2 |
| years, and one member to serve a
term not exceeding 3 years, | 3 |
| with such respective appointed member's term
expiring on June | 4 |
| 30 of the appropriate year, or until their successors are
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| appointed and qualified. Upon the expiration of each of the | 6 |
| foregoing
terms, the successors of such members shall serve a | 7 |
| term for 3 years,
expiring on June 30 of the appropriate year, | 8 |
| or until their successors are
appointed and qualified. A | 9 |
| vacancy shall be filled by the respective
appointing authority | 10 |
| legislative leader and shall be for the unexpired portion of | 11 |
| the vacant term. Members shall
select one of their number as | 12 |
| chairman who shall serve as chairman for 2 years.
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| (Source: P.A. 83-1177.)
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| (25 ILCS 120/4) (from Ch. 63, par. 904)
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| Sec. 4. Meetings of the Board; determining compensation; | 16 |
| public hearings;
reports ; website . The Board shall meet as | 17 |
| often as may be necessary and shall
recommend determine , upon a | 18 |
| vote requiring
at least 6 7 affirmative votes, the compensation | 19 |
| for members of
the General Assembly, judges, other than the | 20 |
| county supplement,
State's attorneys, other than the county | 21 |
| supplement, the elected
constitutional officers of State | 22 |
| government, and
certain appointed officers of State | 23 |
| government.
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| In recommending determining the compensation for each | 25 |
| office, the Compensation
Review Board shall consider the |
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| following factors:
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| (a) the skill required,
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| (b) the time required,
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| (c) the opportunity for other earned income,
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| (d) the value of public services as performed in | 6 |
| comparable states,
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| (e) the value of such services as performed in the | 8 |
| private sector in
Illinois and comparable states based on | 9 |
| the responsibility and discretion
required in the office,
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| (f) the average consumer prices commonly known as the | 11 |
| cost of living, and the cost-of-living adjustment | 12 |
| authorized by Senate Joint Resolution 192 of the 86th | 13 |
| General Assembly,
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| (g) the overall compensation presently received by the | 15 |
| public officials
and all other benefits received,
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| (h) the interests and welfare of the public and the | 17 |
| financial ability of
the State to meet those costs, and
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| (i) such other factors, not confined to the foregoing, | 19 |
| which are
normally or traditionally taken into | 20 |
| consideration in the determination of
such compensation.
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| The Board shall conduct public hearings prior to | 22 |
| recommending compensation and filing its
reports, at which the | 23 |
| Board shall openly evaluate each criterion listed in items (a) | 24 |
| through (i) report .
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| At the public hearings, the Board shall allow interested | 26 |
| persons to present
their views and comments. The Board may |
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| prescribe reasonable rules for
the conduct of public hearings, | 2 |
| to prevent undue repetition. The meetings
of the Board are | 3 |
| subject to the Open Meetings Act , and the Board shall include | 4 |
| each compensation recommendation in its minutes .
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| The Board shall file its reports an initial report with the | 6 |
| House of Representatives,
the Senate, the Comptroller , and the | 7 |
| Secretary of State . Subsequent reports
shall be filed therewith | 8 |
| before April 1 in each even-numbered
year . A report, referred | 9 |
| to as the legislative branch report, shall include the Board's | 10 |
| recommendations for thereafter stating the annual salaries | 11 |
| salary for members of the General Assembly, the Auditor | 12 |
| General, and certain appointed officers and employees of the | 13 |
| legislative branch of State government. A report, referred to | 14 |
| as the executive branch report, shall include the Board's | 15 |
| recommendations for the annual salaries for
the elected | 16 |
| executive branch State constitutional officers , and certain | 17 |
| executive branch appointed State officers
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| employees , and members of certain executive branch State | 19 |
| departments, agencies,
boards , and commissions whose terms | 20 |
| begin in the next calendar year . A report, referred to as the | 21 |
| judicial branch report, shall include the Board's | 22 |
| recommendations for ; the annual
salaries salary for State's | 23 |
| attorneys ; and the annual salary for the Auditor General and
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| for Supreme Court, Appellate Court, Circuit Court , and | 25 |
| Associate judges. If a the
report recommends increasing | 26 |
| increases the annual salary of judges, State's attorneys, or |
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| and the
Auditor General, such increase shall take effect when | 2 |
| the report is approved as soon as the time period
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| disapproval or reduction, as provided in subsection (b) of | 4 |
| Section 5 , has
expired .
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| The salaries recommended in a the report or as approved or | 6 |
| reduced by the General Assembly, other
than for judges, State's | 7 |
| attorneys, and the Auditor General, shall take
effect as | 8 |
| provided by law.
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| The Board shall establish and maintain an official website. | 10 |
| The website shall include, but is not limited to, postings of | 11 |
| (i) minutes of all Board meetings and (ii) notice of all | 12 |
| scheduled Board meetings, including dates, times, and | 13 |
| locations. A link to the Board's official website shall be | 14 |
| included on the official website of each executive branch | 15 |
| office, board, commission, or other entity with an official or | 16 |
| employee for whom the Compensation Review Board is required to | 17 |
| recommend compensation. | 18 |
| (Source: P.A. 90-375, eff. 8-14-97; 91-798, eff. 7-9-00.)
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| (25 ILCS 120/5) (from Ch. 63, par. 905)
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| Sec. 5. (a) If the Board fails to recommend a change in | 21 |
| salary or the
General Assembly does not approve a disapproves | 22 |
| the report as provided in subsection (b), and a
new term for | 23 |
| any officer provided for in this Act begins, the salary for
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| new term shall be the same as the salary in effect when the | 25 |
| previous term ended.
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| (b) The General Assembly may approve a disapprove the | 2 |
| report of the Board in
whole, or reduce it in whole | 3 |
| proportionately, within 30 session days after each
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| legislature next convenes after the report is filed, by
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| adoption of a resolution by a record vote of the majority of | 6 |
| the members
elected in each house directed to the Board. Such | 7 |
| resolution shall be
binding upon the Board. A resolution may | 8 |
| approve or reduce no more than one report, and no more than one | 9 |
| resolution may be adopted by a single vote.
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| A salary change recommended by the Board and included in | 11 |
| one of its reports filed as provided in Section 4 shall not | 12 |
| take effect unless approved or reduced by each house of the | 13 |
| General Assembly as provided in this subsection. | 14 |
| For the initial report filed by the Board after this Act | 15 |
| takes effect,
the General Assembly may, by January 9,
1985, | 16 |
| disapprove the report of the Board in whole, or reduce it in | 17 |
| whole
proportionately, after the report is filed, by the | 18 |
| adoption of a resolution
by a record vote of the majority of | 19 |
| the members.
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| (Source: P.A. 83-1177.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 22 |
| becoming law.
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