Bill Text: IL HB5309 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Engrossed


Bill Title: Creates the State Agency and Grantee Bonus Prohibition Act. Provides that no State agency may pay a bonus to its employees. Provides that no entity receiving State grant funds may pay a bonus from grant funds awarded for operational expenses to its employees. Defines terms. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB5309 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB5309-Engrossed.html



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1 AN ACT concerning State government.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the State
5Agency and Grantee Bonus Prohibition Act.
6 Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
7 "Employee" means any person employed, full-time,
8part-time, or contractually, in any capacity by a State agency
9or hospital, without regard to whether that person's employment
10is subject to the advice and consent of the Senate or is for a
11stated term. "Employee" does not include persons subject to a
12collective bargaining agreement.
13 "Grant funds" has the meaning provided in Section 2 of the
14Illinois Grant Funds Recovery Act.
15 "Grantee" has the meaning provided in Section 2 of the
16Illinois Grant Funds Recovery Act.
17 "Hospital" has the meaning provided in Section 3 of the
18Hospital Licensing Act.
19 "State agency" has the meaning provided in Section 1-15.100
20of the Illinois Procurement Code.
21 Section 10. Bonuses prohibited.
22 (a) No State agency or hospital shall pay from State funds,

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1in whole or in part, and no employee of a State agency or
2hospital may receive a bonus as all or part of his or her
3compensation, including such bonuses as may be received for
4work on capital projects.
5 (b) No grantee shall pay and no employee or contract worker
6of a grantee may receive a bonus paid from grant funds awarded
7for operational expenses as all or part of his or her
8compensation, including such bonuses as may be received for
9work on capital projects.
10 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
11becoming law.
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