Public Act 90-0569 of the 90th General Assembly
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.