Bill Text: IL HB0819 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Compensation Review Act. Provides that members of the General Assembly are prohibited from receiving and shall not receive any increase in compensation that would otherwise apply based on a cost of living adjustment for or during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2019. Provides that members of the General Assembly are prohibited from receiving and shall not receive any increase in compensation that would otherwise apply based on a cost of living adjustment for terms commencing on or after July 1, 2019, unless otherwise approved by law. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-29 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB0819 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB0819-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB0819 Introduced , by Rep. Mike Murphy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
25 ILCS 120/7 new
Amends the Compensation Review Act. Provides that members of the General Assembly are prohibited from receiving and shall not receive any increase in compensation that would otherwise apply based on a cost of living adjustment for or during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2019. Provides that members of the General Assembly are prohibited from receiving and shall not receive any increase in compensation that would otherwise apply based on a cost of living adjustment for terms commencing on or after July 1, 2019, unless otherwise approved by law. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Compensation Review Act is amended by adding
Section 7 as follows:
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Sec. 7. General Assembly COLAs prohibited.
(a) Notwithstanding any former or current provision of this
Act, any other law, any report of the Compensation Review
Board, or any resolution of the General Assembly to the
contrary, members of the General Assembly are prohibited from
receiving and shall not receive any increase in compensation
that would otherwise apply based on a cost of living
adjustment, as authorized by Senate Joint Resolution 192 of the
86th General Assembly, for or during the fiscal year beginning
July 1, 2019.
(b) Notwithstanding any former or current provision of this
Act, any other law, any report of the Compensation Review
Board, or any resolution of the General Assembly to the
contrary, members of the General Assembly are prohibited from
receiving and shall not receive any increase in compensation
that would otherwise apply based on a cost of living
adjustment, as authorized by Senate Joint Resolution 192 of the

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86th General Assembly, for terms commencing on or after July 1,
2019, unless otherwise approved by law.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.