Full Text of HB3442 95th General Assembly
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: |
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25 ILCS 120/4 |
from Ch. 63, par. 904 |
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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.
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A BILL FOR
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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 Section 4 as follows:
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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; | 8 |
| public hearings;
reports. The Board shall meet as often as may | 9 |
| be necessary and shall
determine, upon a vote requiring
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| least 7 affirmative votes, the compensation for members of
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| General Assembly, judges, other than the county supplement,
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| State's attorneys, other than the county supplement, the | 13 |
| elected
constitutional officers of State government, and
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| certain appointed officers of State government , and merit | 15 |
| compensation employees .
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| In determining the compensation for each office, the | 17 |
| Compensation
Review Board shall consider the following | 18 |
| 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 | 23 |
| comparable states,
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| (e) the value of such services as performed in the | 2 |
| private sector in
Illinois and comparable states based on | 3 |
| the responsibility and discretion
required in the office,
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| (f) the average consumer prices commonly known as the | 5 |
| cost of living,
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| (g) the overall compensation presently received by the | 7 |
| public officials
and all other benefits received,
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| (h) the interests and welfare of the public and the | 9 |
| financial ability of
the State to meet those costs, and
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| (i) such other factors, not confined to the foregoing, | 11 |
| which are
normally or traditionally taken into | 12 |
| consideration in the determination of
such compensation.
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| The Board shall conduct public hearings prior to filing its
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| report.
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| At the public hearings, the Board shall allow interested | 16 |
| persons to present
their views and comments. The Board may | 17 |
| prescribe reasonable rules for
the conduct of public hearings, | 18 |
| to prevent undue repetition. The meetings
of the Board are | 19 |
| subject to the Open Meetings Act.
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| The Board shall file an initial report with the House of | 21 |
| Representatives,
the Senate, the Comptroller and the Secretary | 22 |
| of State. Subsequent reports
shall be filed therewith before | 23 |
| April 1 in each even-numbered
year thereafter stating the | 24 |
| annual salary for members of the General Assembly,
the elected | 25 |
| State constitutional officers and certain appointed State | 26 |
| officers
and compensated employees and members of certain State |
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| departments, agencies,
boards and commissions whose terms | 2 |
| begin in the next calendar year; the annual
salary for State's | 3 |
| attorneys; and the annual salary for the Auditor General and
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| for Supreme Court, Appellate Court, Circuit Court and Associate | 5 |
| judges. If the
report increases the annual salary of judges, | 6 |
| State's attorneys, and the
Auditor General, such increase shall | 7 |
| take effect as soon as the time period
for disapproval or | 8 |
| reduction, as provided in subsection (b) of Section 5, has
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| expired. | 10 |
| Reports filed after the effective date of this amendatory | 11 |
| Act of the 95th General Assembly shall also state the annual | 12 |
| salary for merit compensation employees. The compensation for | 13 |
| merit compensation employees shall be the higher of that set by | 14 |
| the Board, by the employing agency, or under the terms of a | 15 |
| collective bargaining agreement. "Merit compensation | 16 |
| employees" are those covered by the pay plan prepared by the | 17 |
| Director of Central Management Services under Section 8a of the | 18 |
| Personnel Code.
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| The salaries in the report or as reduced by the General | 20 |
| Assembly, other
than for judges, State's attorneys, and the | 21 |
| Auditor General, shall take
effect as provided by law.
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| (Source: P.A. 90-375, eff. 8-14-97; 91-798, eff. 7-9-00.)
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