Bill Text: IL HB3948 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Salaries Act. Deletes provisions made by Public Act 102-1115. Amends the General Assembly Compensation Act. Removes changes made by Public Act 102-1115.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2023-02-17 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB3948 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB3948-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.
There shall be allowed and paid an annual
salary in | |||||||||||||||||||||
8 | lieu of all other salaries, fees, perquisites, benefit of
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9 | compensation in any form whatsoever, to each of the officers | |||||||||||||||||||||
10 | herein named, the
following respectively :
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11 | (1) For terms beginning before January 9, 2023: | |||||||||||||||||||||
12 | To the Governor,
a salary set by the Compensation | |||||||||||||||||||||
13 | Review Board, together with the use and occupancy of | |||||||||||||||||||||
14 | the executive 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||
18 | Compensation Review Board.
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19 | To the Comptroller,
a salary set by the | |||||||||||||||||||||
20 | Compensation Review Board.
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21 | To the Treasurer,
a salary set by the Compensation | |||||||||||||||||||||
22 | Review Board.
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23 | To the Attorney General,
a salary set by the |
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1 | Compensation Review Board.
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2 | (2) For terms beginning on or after January 9, 2023: | ||||||
3 | To the Governor, a salary of $205,700 or as set by | ||||||
4 | the Compensation Review Board, whichever is greater, | ||||||
5 | together with the use and occupancy of the executive | ||||||
6 | mansion. | ||||||
7 | To the Lieutenant Governor, a salary of $160,900 | ||||||
8 | or as set by the Compensation Review Board, whichever | ||||||
9 | is greater. | ||||||
10 | To the Secretary of State, a salary of $183,300 or | ||||||
11 | as set by the Compensation Review Board, whichever is | ||||||
12 | greater. | ||||||
13 | To the Comptroller, a salary of $160,900 or as set | ||||||
14 | by the Compensation Review Board, whichever is | ||||||
15 | greater. | ||||||
16 | To the Treasurer, a salary of $160,900 or as set by | ||||||
17 | the Compensation Review Board, whichever is greater. | ||||||
18 | To the Attorney General, a salary of $183,300 or | ||||||
19 | as set by the Compensation Review Board, whichever is | ||||||
20 | greater. | ||||||
21 | (Source: P.A. 102-1115, eff. 1-9-23.)
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22 | Section 10. The General Assembly Compensation Act is | ||||||
23 | amended by changing Section 1 as follows:
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24 | (25 ILCS 115/1) (from Ch. 63, par. 14) |
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1 | Sec. 1. Each member of the General Assembly shall receive | ||||||
2 | an annual salary
of $28,000 or as set by the Compensation | ||||||
3 | Review Board, whichever is
greater. Beginning with the 103rd | ||||||
4 | General Assembly, each member of the General Assembly shall | ||||||
5 | receive an annual salary of $85,000 or as set by the | ||||||
6 | Compensation Review Board, whichever is greater. The
following | ||||||
7 | named officers, committee chairmen and committee minority | ||||||
8 | spokesmen
shall receive additional amounts per year for
their | ||||||
9 | services as such officers, committee chairmen and committee
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10 | minority spokesmen respectively, as set by the Compensation
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11 | Review Board or, as follows, whichever is greater: Beginning | ||||||
12 | the second
Wednesday in January 1989, the Speaker and the | ||||||
13 | minority leader of the
House of Representatives and the
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14 | President and the minority leader of the Senate, $16,000 each; | ||||||
15 | the
majority leader in the House of Representatives $13,500;
5 | ||||||
16 | assistant
majority leaders and 5 assistant minority leaders in | ||||||
17 | the Senate,
$12,000
each; 6 assistant majority leaders and 6 | ||||||
18 | assistant minority leaders in
the House of Representatives, | ||||||
19 | $10,500 each; 2 Deputy
Majority leaders in the House of | ||||||
20 | Representatives $11,500 each; and 2 Deputy
Minority leaders in | ||||||
21 | the House of Representatives, $11,500 each; the majority
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22 | caucus chairman and minority caucus chairman in the Senate, | ||||||
23 | $12,000 each;
and beginning the second Wednesday in January, | ||||||
24 | 1989, the majority
conference chairman and the minority | ||||||
25 | conference chairman
in the House of Representatives, $10,500 | ||||||
26 | each; beginning
the second Wednesday in January, 1989, the |
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1 | chairman and minority spokesman
of each standing committee of | ||||||
2 | the Senate, except the Rules Committee, the
Committee on | ||||||
3 | Committees, and the Committee on Assignment of Bills, $6,000
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4 | each; and beginning the second Wednesday in January, 1989, the | ||||||
5 | chairman and
minority spokesman of each standing and select | ||||||
6 | committee of the House of
Representatives, $6,000 each; and | ||||||
7 | beginning fiscal year 2020, the majority leader in the Senate, | ||||||
8 | an amount equal to the majority leader in the House. For any | ||||||
9 | General Assembly in which the majority party in the House of | ||||||
10 | Representatives has 71 or more elected Representatives, the | ||||||
11 | majority party shall have one additional majority officer who | ||||||
12 | shall have the title of speaker pro tempore and who shall | ||||||
13 | receive an amount equal to the majority leader in the House and | ||||||
14 | one majority officer who shall receive an amount equal to an | ||||||
15 | assistant majority leader in the House of Representatives. For | ||||||
16 | any General Assembly in which the majority party in the Senate | ||||||
17 | has 36 or more elected Senators, the majority party shall have | ||||||
18 | one additional majority officer who shall receive an amount | ||||||
19 | equal to the majority leader in the House and one majority | ||||||
20 | officer who shall receive an amount equal to an assistant | ||||||
21 | majority leader in the Senate. A member who serves in more than | ||||||
22 | one
position as an officer, committee chairman, or committee | ||||||
23 | minority spokesman
shall receive only one additional amount | ||||||
24 | based on the position paying the
highest additional amount. | ||||||
25 | Prior to the 103rd General Assembly, the
compensation provided | ||||||
26 | for in this Section to be paid per year to members
of the |
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1 | General Assembly, including the additional sums payable per | ||||||
2 | year
to officers of the General Assembly shall be paid in 12 | ||||||
3 | equal monthly
installments. The first such installment is | ||||||
4 | payable on January 31,
1977. All subsequent equal monthly | ||||||
5 | installments are payable on the last
working day of the month. | ||||||
6 | Prior to the 103rd General Assembly, a member who has held | ||||||
7 | office any part of a
month is entitled to compensation for an | ||||||
8 | entire month. | ||||||
9 | Beginning with the 103rd General Assembly, the | ||||||
10 | compensation provided for in this Section to be paid per year | ||||||
11 | to members of the General Assembly, including additional sums | ||||||
12 | payable per year to officers of the General Assembly, shall be | ||||||
13 | paid bi-monthly. Members who resign before completing the | ||||||
14 | entire term in office shall be compensated on a prorated | ||||||
15 | basis. Members completing the term of a vacancy shall be | ||||||
16 | compensated on a prorated basis. | ||||||
17 | Mileage shall be paid at the rate of 20 cents per mile | ||||||
18 | before January
9, 1985, and at the mileage allowance rate in | ||||||
19 | effect under regulations
promulgated pursuant to 5 U.S.C. | ||||||
20 | 5707(b)(2) beginning January 9, 1985, for the number
of actual | ||||||
21 | highway miles necessarily and conveniently traveled by the
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22 | most feasible route to be present upon convening of the | ||||||
23 | sessions of the
General Assembly by such member in each and | ||||||
24 | every trip during each
session in going to and returning from | ||||||
25 | the seat of government, to be
computed by the Comptroller. A | ||||||
26 | member traveling by public
transportation for such purposes, |
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1 | however, shall be paid his actual cost
of that transportation | ||||||
2 | instead of on the mileage rate if his cost of
public | ||||||
3 | transportation exceeds the amount to which he would be | ||||||
4 | entitled
on a mileage basis. No member may be paid, whether on | ||||||
5 | a mileage basis
or for actual costs of public transportation, | ||||||
6 | for more than one such
trip for each week the General Assembly | ||||||
7 | is actually in session. Each
member shall also receive an | ||||||
8 | allowance of $36 per day for lodging and
meals while in | ||||||
9 | attendance at sessions
of the General Assembly before January | ||||||
10 | 9, 1985; beginning January 9,
1985, such food and lodging | ||||||
11 | allowance shall be equal to the amount per day
permitted to be | ||||||
12 | deducted for such expenses under the Internal Revenue Code;
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13 | however, beginning May 31, 1995, no allowance for food and | ||||||
14 | lodging while in
attendance at sessions is authorized for | ||||||
15 | periods of time after the last day in
May of each calendar | ||||||
16 | year, except (i) if the General Assembly is convened in
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17 | special session by either the Governor or the presiding | ||||||
18 | officers of both
houses, as provided by subsection (b) of | ||||||
19 | Section 5 of Article IV of the
Illinois Constitution or (ii) if | ||||||
20 | the
General Assembly is convened to consider bills vetoed, | ||||||
21 | 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 | ||||||
4 | contrary, beginning in fiscal year 2012, travel reimbursement | ||||||
5 | for
General Assembly members on non-session days shall be
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6 | calculated using the guidelines set forth by the Legislative
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7 | Travel Control Board, except that fiscal year 2012, 2013, | ||||||
8 | 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019 mileage reimbursement | ||||||
9 | is set at a rate of $0.39 per mile. | ||||||
10 | 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. 101-10, eff. 6-5-19; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21; | ||||||
15 | 102-664, eff. 1-1-22; 102-1115, eff. 1-9-23.)
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