Bill Text: IL HB5744 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Special Session Act. On and after the effective date of this amendatory Act, if the General Assembly fails to pass a balanced budget by May 31st of each year, a continuing special session of the General Assembly shall be convened by joint proclamation for the purpose of passing a balanced budget. Provides that the joint proclamation shall specify that the General Assembly will convene every day until a balanced budget is passed. Amends the General Assembly Compensation Act to disallow per diem allowance for food and lodging during a continuing special session. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-10 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB5744 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HB5744-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 Special Session Act is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 2 and by adding Section 1.5 as follows:
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6 | (25 ILCS 15/1.5 new) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 1.5. Continuing special session. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | On and after the effective date of this amendatory Act of | |||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | the 99th General Assembly, if the General Assembly fails to | |||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | pass a balanced budget for the next State fiscal year by May | |||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | 31st of each year, a continuing special session of the General | |||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | Assembly shall be convened by joint proclamation under Section | |||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | 1 for the purpose of passing a balanced budget. The joint | |||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | proclamation shall specify that the General Assembly will | |||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | convene every day until a balanced budget is passed. The | |||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | proclamation shall be filed with the Secretary of State, with | |||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | notice to be provided to the members under Section 2.
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18 | (25 ILCS 15/2) (from Ch. 63, par. 192)
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19 | Sec. 2.
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20 | Upon the filing of a joint proclamation for a special | |||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | session under
Section 1, the Secretary of State shall, at least | |||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | 4 days before the date
set for the convening of that special |
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1 | session, send written notice by
certified mail to each member | ||||||
2 | of the General Assembly of the joint
proclamation and the | ||||||
3 | purpose, date, and time set for the convening of the
special | ||||||
4 | session. If the Speaker and President declare in the joint
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5 | proclamation that a demonstrable emergency exists which | ||||||
6 | requires immediate
action by the General Assembly, or declare a | ||||||
7 | continuing special session under Section 1.5, the requirements | ||||||
8 | of this Section section shall be
suspended and the Secretary of | ||||||
9 | State shall take whatever reasonable steps
necessary to notify | ||||||
10 | the members of the General Assembly of the date and
time of the | ||||||
11 | emergency special session or continuing special session .
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12 | (Source: P.A. 77-1783.)
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13 | Section 10. The General Assembly Compensation Act is | ||||||
14 | amended by changing Section 1 as follows:
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15 | (25 ILCS 115/1) (from Ch. 63, par. 14) | ||||||
16 | Sec. 1. Each member of the General Assembly shall receive | ||||||
17 | an annual salary
of $28,000 or as set by the Compensation | ||||||
18 | Review Board, whichever is
greater. The
following named | ||||||
19 | officers, committee chairmen and committee minority spokesmen
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20 | shall receive additional amounts per year for
their services as | ||||||
21 | such officers, committee chairmen and committee
minority | ||||||
22 | spokesmen respectively, as set by the Compensation
Review Board | ||||||
23 | or, as follows, whichever is greater: Beginning the second
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24 | Wednesday in January 1989, the Speaker and the minority leader |
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1 | of the
House of Representatives and the
President and the | ||||||
2 | minority leader of the Senate, $16,000 each; the
majority | ||||||
3 | leader in the House of Representatives $13,500;
6 assistant
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4 | majority leaders and 5 assistant minority leaders in the | ||||||
5 | Senate,
$12,000
each; 6 assistant majority leaders and 6 | ||||||
6 | assistant minority leaders in
the House of Representatives, | ||||||
7 | $10,500 each; 2 Deputy
Majority leaders in the House of | ||||||
8 | Representatives $11,500 each; and 2 Deputy
Minority leaders in | ||||||
9 | the House of Representatives, $11,500 each; the majority
caucus | ||||||
10 | chairman and minority caucus chairman in the Senate, $12,000 | ||||||
11 | each;
and beginning the second Wednesday in January, 1989, the | ||||||
12 | majority
conference chairman and the minority conference | ||||||
13 | chairman
in the House of Representatives, $10,500 each; | ||||||
14 | beginning
the second Wednesday in January, 1989, the chairman | ||||||
15 | and minority spokesman
of each standing committee of the | ||||||
16 | Senate, except the Rules Committee, the
Committee on | ||||||
17 | Committees, and the Committee on Assignment of Bills, $6,000
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18 | each; and beginning the second Wednesday in January, 1989, the | ||||||
19 | chairman and
minority spokesman of each standing and select | ||||||
20 | committee of the House of
Representatives, $6,000 each. A | ||||||
21 | member who serves in more than one
position as an officer, | ||||||
22 | committee chairman, or committee minority spokesman
shall | ||||||
23 | receive only one additional amount based on the position paying | ||||||
24 | the
highest additional amount. The
compensation provided for in | ||||||
25 | this Section to be paid per year to members
of the General | ||||||
26 | Assembly, including the additional sums payable per year
to |
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1 | officers of the General Assembly shall be paid in 12 equal | ||||||
2 | monthly
installments. The first such installment is payable on | ||||||
3 | January 31,
1977. All subsequent equal monthly installments are | ||||||
4 | payable on the last
working day of the month. A member who has | ||||||
5 | held office any part of a
month is entitled to compensation for | ||||||
6 | an entire month. | ||||||
7 | Mileage shall be paid at the rate of 20 cents per mile | ||||||
8 | before January
9, 1985, and at the mileage allowance rate in | ||||||
9 | effect under regulations
promulgated pursuant to 5 U.S.C. | ||||||
10 | 5707(b)(2) beginning January 9, 1985, for the number
of actual | ||||||
11 | highway miles necessarily and conveniently traveled by the
most | ||||||
12 | feasible route to be present upon convening of the sessions of | ||||||
13 | the
General Assembly by such member in each and every trip | ||||||
14 | during each
session in going to and returning from the seat of | ||||||
15 | government, to be
computed by the Comptroller. A member | ||||||
16 | traveling by public
transportation for such purposes, however, | ||||||
17 | shall be paid his actual cost
of that transportation instead of | ||||||
18 | on the mileage rate if his cost of
public transportation | ||||||
19 | exceeds the amount to which he would be entitled
on a mileage | ||||||
20 | basis. No member may be paid, whether on a mileage basis
or for | ||||||
21 | actual costs of public transportation, for more than one such
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22 | trip for each week the General Assembly is actually in session. | ||||||
23 | Each
member shall also receive an allowance of $36 per day for | ||||||
24 | lodging and
meals while in attendance at sessions
of the | ||||||
25 | General Assembly before January 9, 1985; beginning January 9,
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26 | 1985, such food and lodging allowance shall be equal to the |
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1 | amount per day
permitted to be deducted for such expenses under | ||||||
2 | the Internal Revenue Code;
however, beginning May 31, 1995, no | ||||||
3 | allowance for food and lodging while in
attendance at sessions | ||||||
4 | is authorized for periods of time after the last day in
May of | ||||||
5 | each calendar year, except (i) if the General Assembly is | ||||||
6 | convened in
special session , other than a continuing special | ||||||
7 | session under Section 1.5 of the Special Session Act, by either | ||||||
8 | the Governor or the presiding officers of both
houses, as | ||||||
9 | provided by subsection (b) of Section 5 of Article IV of the
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10 | Illinois Constitution or (ii) if the
General Assembly is | ||||||
11 | convened to consider bills vetoed, item vetoed, reduced, or
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12 | returned with specific recommendations for change by the | ||||||
13 | Governor as provided
in Section 9 of Article IV of the Illinois | ||||||
14 | Constitution. For fiscal year 2011 and for session days in | ||||||
15 | fiscal years 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016 only (i) the | ||||||
16 | allowance for lodging and meals is $111 per day and (ii) | ||||||
17 | mileage for automobile travel shall be reimbursed at a rate of | ||||||
18 | $0.39 per mile. | ||||||
19 | Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, | ||||||
20 | beginning in fiscal year 2012, travel reimbursement for
General | ||||||
21 | Assembly members on non-session days shall be
calculated using | ||||||
22 | the guidelines set forth by the Legislative
Travel Control | ||||||
23 | Board, except that fiscal year 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016 | ||||||
24 | mileage reimbursement is set at a rate of $0.39 per mile. | ||||||
25 | If a member dies having received only a portion of the | ||||||
26 | amount payable
as compensation, the unpaid balance shall be |
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1 | paid to the surviving
spouse of such member, or, if there be | ||||||
2 | none, to the estate of such member. | ||||||
3 | (Source: P.A. 98-30, eff. 6-24-13; 98-682, eff. 6-30-14; | ||||||
4 | 99-355, eff. 8-13-15.)
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5 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
6 | becoming law.
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