Public Act 90-0569 of the 90th General Assembly

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Public Act 90-0569

HB0229 Enrolled                                LRB9001533REmb

    AN ACT concerning the General Assembly.

    Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:

    Section  5.   The Legislative Materials Act is amended by
changing Section 1 as follows:

    (25 ILCS 105/1) (from Ch. 63, par. 801)
    Sec. 1. Fees.
    (a)  The  Clerk  of  the  House  of  Representatives  may
establish a schedule of reasonable fees  to  be  charged  for
providing  copies  of  daily  and  bound  journals, committee
documents,  committee   tape   recordings,   transcripts   of
committee  proceedings,  and committee notices, for providing
copies of bills on a continuing or individual basis, and  for
providing  tape  recordings  and transcripts of floor debates
and other proceedings of the House.
    (b)  The Secretary of the Senate may establish a schedule
of reasonable fees to be  charged  for  providing  copies  of
daily  and  bound  journals, committee notices, for providing
copies of bills on a continuing or individual basis, and  for
providing  tape  recordings  and transcripts of floor debates
and other proceedings of the Senate.
    (c)  The Clerk of the House of  Representatives  and  the
Secretary   of   the  Senate  may  establish  a  schedule  of
reasonable fees to be charged for  providing  live  audio  of
floor   debates   and  other  proceedings  of  the  House  of
Representatives and the Senate.  The Clerk and the  Secretary
shall  have complete discretion over the distribution of live
audio under this subsection (c),  including  discretion  over
the  conditions  under which live audio shall be distributed,
except that live audio shall be distributed  to  the  General
Assembly  and  its  staffs.   Nothing  in this subsection (c)
shall be construed to create an obligation on the part of the
Clerk or Secretary to provide live audio  to  any  person  or
entity other than to the General Assembly and its staffs.
    (c-5)  The  Clerk of the House of Representatives, to the
extent  authorized  by  the  House  Rules,  may  establish  a
schedule of reasonable fees to be charged to members for  the
preparation,  filing,  and  reproduction  of  non-substantive
resolutions.
    (d)  Receipts from all fees established under subsections
(a),  (b), and (c), and (c-5) shall be deposited by the Clerk
and  the  Secretary  into  the  General  Assembly  Operations
Revolving Fund, a special fund in the State treasury. Amounts
in the Fund may be appropriated for  the  operations  of  the
offices  of the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the
Secretary of the Senate.
(Source: P.A. 88-535; 88-656, eff. 9-16-94.)

    Section 10.  The General  Assembly  Compensation  Act  is
amended by changing Section 4 as follows:

    (25 ILCS 115/4) (from Ch. 63, par. 15.1)
    Sec.  4.  Office allowance.  Beginning July 1, 1989, each
member of the  House  of  Representatives  is  authorized  to
approve  the expenditure of not more than $57,000 $47,000 per
year and each member of the Senate is authorized  to  approve
the  expenditure of not more than $67,000 $57,000 per year to
pay  for   "personal   services",   "contractual   services",
"commodities", "printing", "travel", "operation of automotive
equipment",  "telecommunications services", as defined in the
State Finance Act,  and  the  compensation  of  one  or  more
legislative  assistants  authorized pursuant to this Section,
in connection with his or her legislative duties and  not  in
connection   with  any  political  campaign.   A  member  may
purchase office equipment if  the  member  certifies  to  the
Secretary  of  the  Senate  or  the  Clerk  of  the House, as
applicable, that the purchase price, whether paid in lump sum
or installments, amounts to less than would  be  charged  for
renting  or leasing the equipment over its anticipated useful
life.  All such  equipment  must  be  purchased  through  the
Secretary  of  the  Senate  or  the  Clerk  of  the House, as
applicable, for proper  identification  and  verification  of
purchase.
    Each  member  of  the  General  Assembly is authorized to
employ one or  more  legislative  assistants,  who  shall  be
solely  under  the  direction and control of that member, for
the purpose of assisting the member in the performance of his
or her official  duties.   A  legislative  assistant  may  be
employed pursuant to this Section either under contract or as
a  State  employee,  at  the  discretion  of  the  member. If
employed as a State employee, a legislative  assistant  shall
receive  employment benefits on the same terms and conditions
that apply to other employees of the General Assembly.
    As used in this  Section  the  term  "personal  services"
shall  include  contributions  of the State under the Federal
Insurance Contribution  Act  and  under  Article  14  of  the
Illinois   Pension   Code.   As  used  in  this  Section  the
term"contractual services" shall not include improvements  to
real property unless those improvements are the obligation of
the lessee under the lease agreement. Beginning July 1, 1989,
as used in the Section, the term "travel" shall be limited to
travel  in  connection with a member's legislative duties and
not in connection with  any  political  campaign.   Beginning
July  1,  1989,  as used in this Section, the term "printing"
includes congratulatory mailings, including but  not  limited
to  greeting  or  welcome  messages,  anniversary or birthday
cards, and congratulations for prominent  achievement  cards.
As  used  in  this Section, the term "printing" includes fees
for non-substantive resolutions charged by the Clerk  of  the
House  of Representatives under subsection (c-5) of Section 1
of the Legislative Materials Act.  Nothing  in  this  Section
shall  be construed to authorize expenditures for lodging and
meals while a member is in  attendance  at  sessions  of  the
General Assembly.
    Any  utility  bill  for  service  provided  to a member's
district  office  for  a  period  including  portions  of   2
consecutive  fiscal years may be paid from funds appropriated
for such expenditure in either fiscal year.
    If  a  vacancy  occurs  in  the  office  of  Senator   or
Representative  in the General Assembly, any office equipment
in the possession of the vacating member  shall  transfer  to
the  member's  successor; if the successor does not want such
equipment, it shall be transferred to the  Secretary  of  the
Senate  or Clerk of the House of Representatives, as the case
may be, and if not wanted by other  members  of  the  General
Assembly   then  to  the  Department  of  Central  Management
Services for treatment as surplus property  under  the  State
Property  Control Act. Each member, on or before June 30th of
each year,  shall  conduct  an  inventory  of  all  equipment
purchased  pursuant  to  this  Act.   Such inventory shall be
filed with the Secretary of the Senate or the  Clerk  of  the
House,  as  the  case  may be. Whenever a vacancy occurs, the
Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk of  the  House,  as  the
case   may  be,  shall  conduct  an  inventory  of  equipment
purchased.
    In the event that a member leaves office  during  his  or
her  term,  any  unexpended  or  unobligated  portion  of the
allowance  granted  under  this  Section  shall  lapse.   The
vacating member's successor shall be granted an allowance  in
an  amount,  rounded  to  the  nearest  dollar,  computed  by
dividing  the  annual  allowance  by  365 and multiplying the
quotient by the number of days remaining in the fiscal year.
    From any appropriation for the purposes of  this  Section
for  a  fiscal  year  which overlaps 2 General Assemblies, no
more than 1/2 of the annual allowance per member may be spent
or encumbered  by  any  member  of  either  the  outgoing  or
incoming  General  Assembly,  except  that  any member of the
incoming General Assembly who was a member  of  the  outgoing
General  Assembly  may  encumber  or spend any portion of his
annual allowance within the fiscal year.
    The appropriation for the annual allowances permitted  by
this  Section  shall  be  included in an appropriation to the
President of the Senate and to the Speaker of  the  House  of
Representatives  for their respective members.  The President
of the Senate and the Speaker of the House shall voucher  for
payment  individual  members'  expenditures from their annual
office allowances to the State Comptroller,  subject  to  the
authority  of  the  Comptroller  under Section 9 of the State
Comptroller Act.
(Source: P.A. 87-1142; 88-656, eff. 9-16-94.)

    Section 15.  The State Paper Purchasing Act is amended by
changing Sections 1 and 11 as follows:

    (30 ILCS 510/1) (from Ch. 127, par. 132.101)
    Sec.  1.   As  used  in  this  Act,  unless  the  context
otherwise requires:  "Department"  means  the  Department  of
Central Management Services.
    "Envelopes"   means   covers   which  are  fabricated  or
manufactured from paper and are suitable for, or  similar  in
form  to  items  suitable  for, use in transmitting materials
through the mails. It does not include paper boxes.
    "Printing paper" and "letter paper" means paper  that  is
normally  used  in mechanical or manual printing, duplicating
or writing, where the principal function or  purpose  of  the
resulting  product  is  primarily dependent on the printed or
written content.
    "State agency" means  and  includes  any  State  officer,
department,   institution,   hospital,  penitentiary,  board,
bureau, commission or other administrative unit of the  State
government,  but does not include the General Assembly or any
of the legislative support services  agencies,  the  Illinois
Mathematics  and Science Academy, the University of Illinois,
Southern  Illinois  University,  Chicago  State   University,
Eastern  Illinois  University,  Governors  State  University,
Illinois  State University, Northeastern Illinois University,
Northern Illinois University, or Western Illinois University.
    This amendatory Act of 1997 is  declarative  of  existing
law and restates the intent of Public Acts 83-1257 and 88-535
that the General Assembly controls all aspects of legislative
printing operations and the acquisition of related supplies.
    "Stationery" means letter paper.
(Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96.)

    (30 ILCS 510/11) (from Ch. 127, par. 132.111)
    Sec.  11. No State agency may purchase an item covered by
this Act without the prior written approval of the Department
stating that the terms of the purchase  are  consistent  with
this Act.
    The General Assembly and the legislative support services
agencies may, but are not required to, purchase items covered
by this Act in accordance with its provisions.
(Source: Laws 1965, p. 1992.)

    Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.

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