Full Text of HB4256 098th General Assembly
HB4256 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2013 and 2014 HB4256 Introduced , by Rep. Dwight Kay SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 25 ILCS 115/1 | from Ch. 63, par. 14 | 25 ILCS 120/5.10 new | |
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Amends the General Assembly Compensation Act. Provides that, for terms commencing on or after January 14, 2015, each member of the General Assembly shall receive compensation that is no more than 90% of the amount last set by the Compensation Review Board. Amends the Compensation Review Act. For fiscal year 2015 and each fiscal year thereafter, prohibits a cost of living adjustment for General Assembly members. Effective immediately.
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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; stipends; travel reimbursement. For | 8 | | terms commencing before January 14, 2015, each Each member of | 9 | | the General Assembly shall receive an annual salary
of $28,000 | 10 | | or as set by the Compensation Review Board, whichever is
| 11 | | greater. For terms commencing on or after January 14, 2015, | 12 | | each member of the General Assembly shall receive an annual | 13 | | salary that is no more than 90% of the amount last set by the | 14 | | Compensation Review Board. The
following named officers, | 15 | | committee chairmen and committee minority spokesmen
shall | 16 | | receive additional amounts per year for
their services as such | 17 | | officers, committee chairmen and committee
minority spokesmen | 18 | | respectively, as set by the Compensation
Review Board or, as | 19 | | follows, whichever is greater: Beginning the second
Wednesday | 20 | | in January 1989, the Speaker and the minority leader of the
| 21 | | House of Representatives and the
President and the minority | 22 | | leader of the Senate, $16,000 each; the
majority leader in the | 23 | | House of Representatives $13,500;
6 assistant
majority leaders |
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| 1 | | and 5 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 would be entitled
| 16 | | on a mileage basis. No member may be paid, whether on a mileage | 17 | | basis
or for actual costs of public transportation, for more | 18 | | than one such
trip for each week the General Assembly is | 19 | | 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. For fiscal year 2011 and for session | 10 | | days in fiscal years 2012, 2013, and 2014 only (i) the | 11 | | allowance for lodging and meals is $111 per day and (ii) | 12 | | mileage for automobile travel shall be reimbursed at a rate of | 13 | | $0.39 per mile. | 14 | | Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, | 15 | | beginning in fiscal year 2012, travel reimbursement for
General | 16 | | Assembly members on non-session days shall be
calculated using | 17 | | the guidelines set forth by the Legislative
Travel Control | 18 | | Board, except that fiscal year 2012, 2013, and 2014 mileage | 19 | | reimbursement is set at a rate of $0.39 per mile. | 20 | | If a member dies having received only a portion of the | 21 | | amount payable
as compensation, the unpaid balance shall be | 22 | | paid to the surviving
spouse of such member, or, if there be | 23 | | none, to the estate of such member. | 24 | | (Source: P.A. 97-71, eff. 6-30-11; 97-718, eff. 6-29-12; 98-30, | 25 | | eff. 6-24-13.) |
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| 1 | | Section 10. The Compensation Review Act is amended by | 2 | | adding Section 5.10 as follows: | 3 | | (25 ILCS 120/5.10 new) | 4 | | Sec. 5.10. COLA's prohibited for General Assembly members. | 5 | | Notwithstanding any former or current provision of this Act, | 6 | | any other law, any report of the Compensation Review Board, or | 7 | | any resolution of the General Assembly to the contrary, members | 8 | | of the General Assembly are prohibited from receiving and shall | 9 | | not receive any increase in compensation that would otherwise | 10 | | apply based on a cost of living adjustment, as authorized by | 11 | | Senate Joint Resolution 192 of the 86th General Assembly, for | 12 | | or during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014 and each | 13 | | fiscal year thereafter.
| 14 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 15 | | becoming law.
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