Bill Text: IL HB2817 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Engrossed
Bill Title: Provides that State agencies that use bonuses paid to State employees shall provide an annual report to the General Assembly itemizing each bonus awarded, including the amount of the bonuses awarded, the purpose of the bonus, the positions of the employees to whom bonuses were awarded, and the overall agency fiscal impact for the bonuses awarded in the prior fiscal year. Provides that the report is due December 1, 2023 and annually thereafter. Provides that recruitment or retention bonuses for State employment shall be no more than $10,000 per bonus unless the Department of Central Management Services adopts rules to change the monetary limit per bonus.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed) 2023-03-29 - Referred to Assignments [HB2817 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB2817-Engrossed.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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the State | ||||||
| 5 | Agency and Grantee Bonus Prohibition Act.
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| 6 | Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act: | ||||||
| 7 | "Employee" means any person employed, full-time, | ||||||
| 8 | part-time, or contractually, in any capacity by a State agency | ||||||
| 9 | or hospital, without regard to whether that person's | ||||||
| 10 | employment is subject to the advice and consent of the Senate | ||||||
| 11 | or is for a stated term. "Employee" does not include persons | ||||||
| 12 | subject to a collective bargaining agreement. | ||||||
| 13 | "Grant funds" has the meaning provided in Section 2 of the | ||||||
| 14 | Illinois Grant Funds Recovery Act. | ||||||
| 15 | "Grantee" has the meaning provided in Section 2 of the | ||||||
| 16 | Illinois Grant Funds Recovery Act. | ||||||
| 17 | "Hospital" has the meaning provided in Section 3 of the | ||||||
| 18 | Hospital Licensing Act. | ||||||
| 19 | "State agency" has the meaning provided in Section | ||||||
| 20 | 1-15.100 of the Illinois Procurement Code.
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| 21 | Section 10. Bonuses prohibited. | ||||||
| 22 | (a) No State agency or hospital shall pay from State | ||||||
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| 1 | funds, in whole or in part, and no employee of a State agency | ||||||
| 2 | or hospital may receive a bonus as all or part of his or her | ||||||
| 3 | compensation, including such bonuses as may be received for | ||||||
| 4 | work on capital projects. | ||||||
| 5 | (b) No grantee shall pay, and no employee or contract | ||||||
| 6 | worker of a grantee may receive, a bonus paid from grant funds | ||||||
| 7 | awarded for operational expenses as all or part of his or her | ||||||
| 8 | compensation, including such bonuses as may be received for | ||||||
| 9 | work on capital projects. | ||||||
| 10 | (c) State agencies who use bonuses paid to State employees | ||||||
| 11 | shall provide an annual report to the General Assembly | ||||||
| 12 | itemizing each bonus awarded, including the amount of the | ||||||
| 13 | bonuses awarded, the purpose of the bonus, the position of the | ||||||
| 14 | employees to whom bonuses were awarded, and the overall agency | ||||||
| 15 | fiscal impact for the bonuses awarded in the prior fiscal | ||||||
| 16 | year. This report shall be due December 1, 2023 to the General | ||||||
| 17 | Assembly and annually thereafter. Recruitment or retention | ||||||
| 18 | bonuses for State employment shall be no more than $10,000 per | ||||||
| 19 | bonus unless the Department of Central Management Services | ||||||
| 20 | adopts rules increasing the monetary limit per bonus.
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| 21 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 22 | becoming law.
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