Bill Text: IL HB0297 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Salaries Act. Decreases the annual salary of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Comptroller, Treasurer, and Attorney General by 10% beginning the second Monday of January 2023. Amends the General Assembly Compensation Act. Decreases the annual salary and committee service stipends of General Assembly members by 10% beginning the second Wednesday of January 2021 for each member of the House of Representatives and each member of the Senate elected to a 2-year term commencing January 9, 2019 and beginning January 11, 2023 for all other members of the Senate. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-29 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB0297 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB0297-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning State government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Salaries Act is amended by changing Section | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | 1 as follows:
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6 | (5 ILCS 290/1) (from Ch. 53, par. 1)
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7 | Sec. 1. Salaries of executive officers. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) There shall be allowed and paid an annual
salary in | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | lieu of all other salaries, fees, perquisites, benefit of
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10 | compensation in any form whatsoever, to each of the officers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | herein named, the
following respectively.
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12 | To the Governor,
a salary set by the Compensation Review | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | Board,
together with the use and occupancy of the executive | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | mansion.
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15 | To the Lieutenant Governor,
a salary set by the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | Compensation Review Board.
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17 | To the Secretary of State,
a salary set by the Compensation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | Review Board.
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19 | To the Comptroller,
a salary set by the Compensation Review | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | Board.
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21 | To the Treasurer,
a salary set by the Compensation Review | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | Board.
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23 | To the Attorney General,
a salary set by the Compensation |
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1 | Review Board.
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2 | (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), beginning the second | ||||||
3 | Monday of January 2023, the annual salary of each executive | ||||||
4 | officer listed in subsection (a) shall be an amount equal to | ||||||
5 | 90% of the amount of annual salary that the officer would have | ||||||
6 | been eligible to receive if his or her annual salary were | ||||||
7 | calculated under subsection (a) of this Section. | ||||||
8 | (Source: P.A. 89-657, eff. 8-14-96.)
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9 | Section 10. The General Assembly Compensation Act is | ||||||
10 | amended by changing Section 1 as follows:
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11 | (25 ILCS 115/1) (from Ch. 63, par. 14) | ||||||
12 | Sec. 1. Compensation of General Assembly members. | ||||||
13 | (a) Each member of the General Assembly shall receive an | ||||||
14 | annual salary
of $28,000 or as set by the Compensation Review | ||||||
15 | Board, whichever is
greater. The
following named officers, | ||||||
16 | committee chairmen and committee minority spokesmen
shall | ||||||
17 | receive additional amounts per year for
their services as such | ||||||
18 | officers, committee chairmen and committee
minority spokesmen | ||||||
19 | respectively, as set by the Compensation
Review Board or, as | ||||||
20 | follows, whichever is greater: Beginning the second
Wednesday | ||||||
21 | in January 1989, the Speaker and the minority leader of the
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22 | House of Representatives and the
President and the minority | ||||||
23 | leader of the Senate, $16,000 each; the
majority leader in the | ||||||
24 | 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
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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. | ||||||
21 | (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), beginning the second | ||||||
22 | Wednesday of January 2021 for each member of the House of | ||||||
23 | Representatives and each member of the Senate elected to a | ||||||
24 | 2-year term commencing on January 9, 2019, and beginning | ||||||
25 | January 11, 2023 for all other members of the Senate, the | ||||||
26 | annual salary of each member of the General Assembly and the |
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1 | additional amount that each member is eligible to receive for | ||||||
2 | service as an officer, a committee chairman, or a committee
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3 | minority spokesman shall be an amount equal to 90% of the sum | ||||||
4 | of (i) the amount of annual salary that the member would have | ||||||
5 | been eligible to receive if his or her annual salary were | ||||||
6 | calculated under subsection (a) and (ii) the additional amount | ||||||
7 | that the member would have been eligible to receive for service | ||||||
8 | as an officer, a committee chairman, or a committee
minority | ||||||
9 | spokesman if that amount were calculated under subsection (a). | ||||||
10 | (c) The
compensation provided for in this Section to be | ||||||
11 | paid per year to members
of the General Assembly, including the | ||||||
12 | additional sums payable per year
to officers of the General | ||||||
13 | Assembly shall be paid in 12 equal monthly
installments. The | ||||||
14 | first such installment is payable on January 31,
1977. All | ||||||
15 | subsequent equal monthly installments are payable on the last
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16 | working day of the month. A member who has held office any part | ||||||
17 | of a
month is entitled to compensation for an entire month. | ||||||
18 | (d) Mileage shall be paid at the rate of 20 cents per mile | ||||||
19 | before January
9, 1985, and at the mileage allowance rate in | ||||||
20 | effect under regulations
promulgated pursuant to 5 U.S.C. | ||||||
21 | 5707(b)(2) beginning January 9, 1985, for the number
of actual | ||||||
22 | highway miles necessarily and conveniently traveled by the
most | ||||||
23 | feasible route to be present upon convening of the sessions of | ||||||
24 | the
General Assembly by such member in each and every trip | ||||||
25 | during each
session in going to and returning from the seat of | ||||||
26 | government, to be
computed by the Comptroller. A member |
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1 | traveling by public
transportation for such purposes, however, | ||||||
2 | shall be paid his actual cost
of that transportation instead of | ||||||
3 | on the mileage rate if his cost of
public transportation | ||||||
4 | exceeds the amount to which he would be entitled
on a mileage | ||||||
5 | basis. No member may be paid, whether on a mileage basis
or for | ||||||
6 | actual costs of public transportation, for more than one such
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7 | trip for each week the General Assembly is actually in session. | ||||||
8 | Each
member shall also receive an allowance of $36 per day for | ||||||
9 | lodging and
meals while in attendance at sessions
of the | ||||||
10 | General Assembly before January 9, 1985; beginning January 9,
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11 | 1985, such food and lodging allowance shall be equal to the | ||||||
12 | amount per day
permitted to be deducted for such expenses under | ||||||
13 | the Internal Revenue Code;
however, beginning May 31, 1995, no | ||||||
14 | allowance for food and lodging while in
attendance at sessions | ||||||
15 | is authorized for periods of time after the last day in
May of | ||||||
16 | each calendar year, except (i) if the General Assembly is | ||||||
17 | convened in
special session by either the Governor or the | ||||||
18 | presiding officers of both
houses, as provided by subsection | ||||||
19 | (b) of Section 5 of Article IV of the
Illinois Constitution or | ||||||
20 | (ii) if the
General Assembly is convened to consider bills | ||||||
21 | vetoed, item vetoed, reduced, or
returned with specific | ||||||
22 | recommendations for change by the Governor as provided
in | ||||||
23 | Section 9 of Article IV of the Illinois Constitution. For | ||||||
24 | fiscal year 2011 and for session days in fiscal years 2012, | ||||||
25 | 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019 only (i) the | ||||||
26 | allowance for lodging and meals is $111 per day and (ii) |
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1 | mileage for automobile travel shall be reimbursed at a rate of | ||||||
2 | $0.39 per mile. | ||||||
3 | Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, | ||||||
4 | beginning in fiscal year 2012, travel reimbursement for
General | ||||||
5 | Assembly members on non-session days shall be
calculated using | ||||||
6 | the guidelines set forth by the Legislative
Travel Control | ||||||
7 | Board, except that fiscal year 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, | ||||||
8 | 2017, 2018, and 2019 mileage reimbursement is set at a rate of | ||||||
9 | $0.39 per mile. | ||||||
10 | (e) If a member dies having received only a portion of the | ||||||
11 | amount payable
as compensation, the unpaid balance shall be | ||||||
12 | paid to the surviving
spouse of such member, or, if there be | ||||||
13 | none, to the estate of such member. | ||||||
14 | (Source: P.A. 99-355, eff. 8-13-15; 99-523, eff. 6-30-16; | ||||||
15 | 100-25, eff. 7-26-17; 100-587, eff. 6-4-18.)
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16 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
17 | becoming law.
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