Full Text of HB5744 99th General Assembly
HB5744 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
| | 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016 HB5744 Introduced , by Rep. Sheri L Jesiel SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 25 ILCS 15/1.5 new | | 25 ILCS 15/2 | from Ch. 63, par. 192 | 25 ILCS 115/1 | from Ch. 63, par. 14 |
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Amends the Special Session Act. On and after the effective date of this amendatory Act, if the General Assembly fails to pass a balanced budget by May 31st of each year, a continuing special session of the General Assembly shall be convened by joint proclamation for the purpose of passing a balanced budget. Provides that the joint proclamation shall specify that the General Assembly will convene every day until a balanced budget is passed. Amends the General Assembly Compensation Act to disallow per diem allowance for food and lodging during a continuing special session. 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 Special Session Act is amended by changing | 5 | | Section 2 and by adding Section 1.5 as follows: | 6 | | (25 ILCS 15/1.5 new) | 7 | | Sec. 1.5. Continuing special session. | 8 | | On and after the effective date of this amendatory Act of | 9 | | the 99th General Assembly, if the General Assembly fails to | 10 | | pass a balanced budget for the next State fiscal year by May | 11 | | 31st of each year, a continuing special session of the General | 12 | | Assembly shall be convened by joint proclamation under Section | 13 | | 1 for the purpose of passing a balanced budget. The joint | 14 | | proclamation shall specify that the General Assembly will | 15 | | convene every day until a balanced budget is passed. The | 16 | | proclamation shall be filed with the Secretary of State, with | 17 | | notice to be provided to the members under Section 2.
| 18 | | (25 ILCS 15/2) (from Ch. 63, par. 192)
| 19 | | Sec. 2.
| 20 | | Upon the filing of a joint proclamation for a special | 21 | | session under
Section 1, the Secretary of State shall, at least | 22 | | 4 days before the date
set for the convening of that special |
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| 1 | | session, send written notice by
certified mail to each member | 2 | | of the General Assembly of the joint
proclamation and the | 3 | | purpose, date, and time set for the convening of the
special | 4 | | session. If the Speaker and President declare in the joint
| 5 | | proclamation that a demonstrable emergency exists which | 6 | | requires immediate
action by the General Assembly, or declare a | 7 | | continuing special session under Section 1.5, the requirements | 8 | | of this Section section shall be
suspended and the Secretary of | 9 | | State shall take whatever reasonable steps
necessary to notify | 10 | | the members of the General Assembly of the date and
time of the | 11 | | emergency special session or continuing special session .
| 12 | | (Source: P.A. 77-1783.)
| 13 | | Section 10. The General Assembly Compensation Act is | 14 | | amended by changing Section 1 as follows: | 15 | | (25 ILCS 115/1) (from Ch. 63, par. 14) | 16 | | Sec. 1. Each member of the General Assembly shall receive | 17 | | an annual salary
of $28,000 or as set by the Compensation | 18 | | Review Board, whichever is
greater. The
following named | 19 | | officers, committee chairmen and committee minority spokesmen
| 20 | | shall receive additional amounts per year for
their services as | 21 | | such officers, committee chairmen and committee
minority | 22 | | spokesmen respectively, as set by the Compensation
Review Board | 23 | | or, as follows, whichever is greater: Beginning the second
| 24 | | 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 , other than a continuing special | 7 | | session under Section 1.5 of the Special Session Act, by either | 8 | | the Governor or the presiding officers of both
houses, as | 9 | | provided by subsection (b) of Section 5 of Article IV of the
| 10 | | Illinois Constitution or (ii) if the
General Assembly is | 11 | | convened to consider bills vetoed, item vetoed, reduced, or
| 12 | | returned with specific recommendations for change by the | 13 | | Governor as provided
in Section 9 of Article IV of the Illinois | 14 | | Constitution. For fiscal year 2011 and for session days in | 15 | | fiscal years 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016 only (i) the | 16 | | allowance for lodging and meals is $111 per day and (ii) | 17 | | mileage for automobile travel shall be reimbursed at a rate of | 18 | | $0.39 per mile. | 19 | | Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, | 20 | | beginning in fiscal year 2012, travel reimbursement for
General | 21 | | Assembly members on non-session days shall be
calculated using | 22 | | the guidelines set forth by the Legislative
Travel Control | 23 | | Board, except that fiscal year 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016 | 24 | | mileage reimbursement is set at a rate of $0.39 per mile. | 25 | | If a member dies having received only a portion of the | 26 | | amount payable
as compensation, the unpaid balance shall be |
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| 1 | | paid to the surviving
spouse of such member, or, if there be | 2 | | none, to the estate of such member. | 3 | | (Source: P.A. 98-30, eff. 6-24-13; 98-682, eff. 6-30-14; | 4 | | 99-355, eff. 8-13-15.)
| 5 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 6 | | becoming law.
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