Full Text of HB2891 97th General Assembly
HB2891eng 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The General Assembly Compensation Act is amended | 5 | | by changing Section 1 as follows: | 6 | | (25 ILCS 115/1) (from Ch. 63, par. 14) | 7 | | Sec. 1. Annual salary; mileage. For terms commencing before | 8 | | January 12, 2011, each Each member of the General Assembly | 9 | | shall receive an annual salary
of $28,000 or as set by the | 10 | | Compensation Review Board, whichever is
greater. For terms | 11 | | commencing on or after January 12, 2011, each member of the | 12 | | General Assembly shall receive an annual salary that is no more | 13 | | than 90% of the amount last set by the Compensation Review | 14 | | Board. The
following named officers, committee chairmen and | 15 | | committee minority spokesmen
shall receive additional amounts | 16 | | per year for
their services as such officers, committee | 17 | | chairmen and committee
minority spokesmen respectively, as set | 18 | | by the Compensation
Review Board or, as follows, whichever is | 19 | | greater: Beginning the second
Wednesday in January 1989, the | 20 | | Speaker and the minority leader of the
House of Representatives | 21 | | and the
President and the minority leader of the Senate, | 22 | | $16,000 each; the
majority leader in the House of | 23 | | Representatives $13,500;
6 assistant
majority leaders and 5 |
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| 1 | | assistant minority leaders in the Senate,
$12,000
each; 6 | 2 | | assistant majority leaders and 6 assistant minority leaders in
| 3 | | the House of Representatives, $10,500 each; 2 Deputy
Majority | 4 | | leaders in the House of Representatives $11,500 each; and 2 | 5 | | Deputy
Minority leaders in the House of Representatives, | 6 | | $11,500 each; the majority
caucus chairman and minority caucus | 7 | | chairman in the Senate, $12,000 each;
and beginning the second | 8 | | Wednesday in January, 1989, the majority
conference chairman | 9 | | and the minority conference chairman
in the House of | 10 | | Representatives, $10,500 each; beginning
the second Wednesday | 11 | | in January, 1989, the chairman and minority spokesman
of each | 12 | | standing committee of the Senate, except the Rules Committee, | 13 | | the
Committee on Committees, and the Committee on Assignment of | 14 | | Bills, $6,000
each; and beginning the second Wednesday in | 15 | | January, 1989, the chairman and
minority spokesman of each | 16 | | standing and select committee of the House of
Representatives, | 17 | | $6,000 each. A member who serves in more than one
position as | 18 | | an officer, committee chairman, or committee minority | 19 | | spokesman
shall receive only one additional amount based on the | 20 | | position paying the
highest additional amount. The
| 21 | | compensation provided for in this Section to be paid per year | 22 | | to members
of the General Assembly, including the additional | 23 | | sums payable per year
to officers of the General Assembly shall | 24 | | be paid in 12 equal monthly
installments. The first such | 25 | | installment is payable on January 31,
1977. All subsequent | 26 | | equal monthly installments are payable on the last
working day |
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| 1 | | of the month. A member who has held office any part of a
month | 2 | | is entitled to compensation for an entire month. | 3 | | Mileage shall be paid at the rate of 20 cents per mile | 4 | | before January
9, 1985, and at the mileage allowance rate in | 5 | | effect under regulations
promulgated pursuant to 5 U.S.C. | 6 | | 5707(b)(2) beginning January 9, 1985, for the number
of actual | 7 | | highway miles necessarily and conveniently traveled by the
most | 8 | | feasible route to be present upon convening of the sessions of | 9 | | the
General Assembly by such member in each and every trip | 10 | | during each
session in going to and returning from the seat of | 11 | | government, to be
computed by the Comptroller. A member | 12 | | traveling by public
transportation for such purposes, however, | 13 | | shall be paid his or her actual cost
of that transportation | 14 | | instead of on the mileage rate if his or her cost of
public | 15 | | transportation exceeds the amount to which he or she would be | 16 | | entitled
on a mileage basis. No member may be paid, whether on | 17 | | a mileage basis
or for actual costs of public transportation, | 18 | | for more than one such
trip for each week the General Assembly | 19 | | is actually in session. Each
member shall also receive an | 20 | | allowance of $36 per day for lodging and
meals while in | 21 | | attendance at sessions
of the General Assembly before January | 22 | | 9, 1985; beginning January 9,
1985, such food and lodging | 23 | | allowance shall be equal to the amount per day
permitted to be | 24 | | deducted for such expenses under the Internal Revenue Code;
| 25 | | however, beginning May 31, 1995, no allowance for food and | 26 | | lodging while in
attendance at sessions is authorized for |
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| 1 | | periods of time after the last day in
May of each calendar | 2 | | year, except (i) if the General Assembly is convened in
special | 3 | | session by either the Governor or the presiding officers of | 4 | | both
houses, as provided by subsection (b) of Section 5 of | 5 | | Article IV of the
Illinois Constitution or (ii) if the
General | 6 | | Assembly is convened to consider bills vetoed, item vetoed, | 7 | | reduced, or
returned with specific recommendations for change | 8 | | by the Governor as provided
in Section 9 of Article IV of the | 9 | | Illinois Constitution. Notwithstanding any other provision, | 10 | | for fiscal year 2011 only (i) the allowance for lodging and | 11 | | meals is $111 per day and (ii) mileage for automobile travel | 12 | | shall be reimbursed at a rate of $0.39 per mile. | 13 | | If a member dies having received only a portion of the | 14 | | amount payable
as compensation, the unpaid balance shall be | 15 | | paid to the surviving
spouse of such member, or, if there be | 16 | | none, to the estate of such member. | 17 | | (Source: P.A. 96-958, eff. 7-1-10.) | 18 | | Section 10. The Compensation Review Act is amended by | 19 | | changing Section 5.7 and adding Section 5.8 as follows: | 20 | | (25 ILCS 120/5.7) | 21 | | Sec. 5.7. FY11 COLA's 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 | 24 | | the General Assembly to the contrary, members of the General |
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| 1 | | Assembly, State's attorneys, other than the county supplement, | 2 | | elected executive branch constitutional officers of State | 3 | | government, and persons in certain appointed offices of State | 4 | | government, including the membership of State departments, | 5 | | agencies, boards, and commissions, whose annual compensation | 6 | | previously was recommended or determined by the Compensation | 7 | | Review Board, are prohibited from receiving and shall not | 8 | | receive any increase in compensation that would otherwise apply | 9 | | based on a cost of living adjustment, as authorized by Senate | 10 | | Joint Resolution 192 of the 86th General Assembly, for or | 11 | | during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2010. That cost of | 12 | | living adjustment shall apply again in the fiscal year | 13 | | beginning July 1, 2011 and thereafter , except as provided in | 14 | | Section 5.8 .
| 15 | | (Source: P.A. 96-958, eff. 7-1-10.) | 16 | | (25 ILCS 120/5.8 new) | 17 | | Sec. 5.8. COLA's prohibited for General Assembly members. | 18 | | Notwithstanding any former or current provision of this Act, | 19 | | any other law, any report of the Compensation Review Board, or | 20 | | any resolution of the General Assembly to the contrary, members | 21 | | of the General Assembly are prohibited from receiving and shall | 22 | | not receive any increase in compensation that would otherwise | 23 | | apply based on a cost of living adjustment, as authorized by | 24 | | Senate Joint Resolution 192 of the 86th General Assembly, for | 25 | | or during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2011 and each |
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| 1 | | fiscal year thereafter.
| 2 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 3 | | becoming law.
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