101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4075

 

Introduced 1/16/2020, by Rep. John M. Cabello

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
15 ILCS 20/50-22
25 ILCS 115/1  from Ch. 63, par. 14

    Amends the General Assembly Compensation Act. Provides that beginning in 2020, and for each year thereafter, if the General Assembly fails to pass a balanced budget by June 30 of each year, the compensation to be paid to members of the General Assembly, including the additional sums payable to officers of the General Assembly, shall be withheld until a balanced budget is passed. Amends the State Budget Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Removes the salary of members of the General Assembly from continuing appropriations provisions. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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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 5. The State Budget Law of the Civil Administrative
5Code of Illinois is amended by changing Section 50-22 as
6follows:
 
7    (15 ILCS 20/50-22)
8    Sec. 50-22. Funding for salaries of General Assembly
9members and judges; legislative operations.
10    (a) Beginning July 1, 2014, the aggregate appropriations
11available for salaries for members of the General Assembly and
12judges from all State funds for each State fiscal year shall be
13no less than the total aggregate appropriations made available
14for salaries for members of the General Assembly and judges for
15the immediately preceding fiscal year.
16    (b) Beginning July 1, 2014, the aggregate appropriations
17available for legislative operations from all State funds for
18each State fiscal year shall be no less than the total
19aggregate appropriations made available for legislative
20operations for the immediately preceding fiscal year. For
21purposes of this subsection (b), "legislative operations"
22means any expenditure for the operation of the Office of the
23Auditor General, the House of Representatives, the Senate, the

 

 

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1Legislative Ethics Commission, the Office of the Legislative
2Inspector General, the Joint Committee on Legislative Support
3Services, and the legislative support services agencies.
4    (c) If for any reason the aggregate appropriations made
5available are insufficient to meet the levels required by
6subsections (a) and (b) of this Section, this Section shall
7constitute a continuing appropriation of all amounts necessary
8for these purposes. The General Assembly may appropriate lesser
9amounts by law.
10(Source: P.A. 98-682, eff. 6-30-14.)
 
11    Section 10. The General Assembly Compensation Act is
12amended by changing Section 1 as follows:
 
13    (25 ILCS 115/1)  (from Ch. 63, par. 14)
14    Sec. 1. Each member of the General Assembly shall receive
15an annual salary of $28,000 or as set by the Compensation
16Review Board, whichever is greater. The following named
17officers, committee chairmen and committee minority spokesmen
18shall receive additional amounts per year for their services as
19such officers, committee chairmen and committee minority
20spokesmen respectively, as set by the Compensation Review Board
21or, as follows, whichever is greater: Beginning the second
22Wednesday in January 1989, the Speaker and the minority leader
23of the House of Representatives and the President and the
24minority leader of the Senate, $16,000 each; the majority

 

 

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1leader in the House of Representatives $13,500; 5 assistant
2majority leaders and 5 assistant minority leaders in the
3Senate, $12,000 each; 6 assistant majority leaders and 6
4assistant minority leaders in the House of Representatives,
5$10,500 each; 2 Deputy Majority leaders in the House of
6Representatives $11,500 each; and 2 Deputy Minority leaders in
7the House of Representatives, $11,500 each; the majority caucus
8chairman and minority caucus chairman in the Senate, $12,000
9each; and beginning the second Wednesday in January, 1989, the
10majority conference chairman and the minority conference
11chairman in the House of Representatives, $10,500 each;
12beginning the second Wednesday in January, 1989, the chairman
13and minority spokesman of each standing committee of the
14Senate, except the Rules Committee, the Committee on
15Committees, and the Committee on Assignment of Bills, $6,000
16each; and beginning the second Wednesday in January, 1989, the
17chairman and minority spokesman of each standing and select
18committee of the House of Representatives, $6,000 each; and
19beginning fiscal year 2020, the majority leader in the Senate,
20an amount equal to the majority leader in the House. A member
21who serves in more than one position as an officer, committee
22chairman, or committee minority spokesman shall receive only
23one additional amount based on the position paying the highest
24additional amount. The compensation provided for in this
25Section to be paid per year to members of the General Assembly,
26including the additional sums payable per year to officers of

 

 

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1the General Assembly shall be paid in 12 equal monthly
2installments. The first such installment is payable on January
331, 1977. All subsequent equal monthly installments are payable
4on the last working day of the month. A member who has held
5office any part of a month is entitled to compensation for an
6entire month. Beginning in 2020, and for each year thereafter,
7if the General Assembly fails to pass a balanced budget by June
830 of each year, the compensation provided in this Section to
9be paid to members of the General Assembly, including the
10additional sums payable to officers of the General Assembly,
11shall be withheld until a balanced budget is passed.
12    Mileage shall be paid at the rate of 20 cents per mile
13before January 9, 1985, and at the mileage allowance rate in
14effect under regulations promulgated pursuant to 5 U.S.C.
155707(b)(2) beginning January 9, 1985, for the number of actual
16highway miles necessarily and conveniently traveled by the most
17feasible route to be present upon convening of the sessions of
18the General Assembly by such member in each and every trip
19during each session in going to and returning from the seat of
20government, to be computed by the Comptroller. A member
21traveling by public transportation for such purposes, however,
22shall be paid his actual cost of that transportation instead of
23on the mileage rate if his cost of public transportation
24exceeds the amount to which he would be entitled on a mileage
25basis. No member may be paid, whether on a mileage basis or for
26actual costs of public transportation, for more than one such

 

 

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1trip for each week the General Assembly is actually in session.
2Each member shall also receive an allowance of $36 per day for
3lodging and meals while in attendance at sessions of the
4General Assembly before January 9, 1985; beginning January 9,
51985, such food and lodging allowance shall be equal to the
6amount per day permitted to be deducted for such expenses under
7the Internal Revenue Code; however, beginning May 31, 1995, no
8allowance for food and lodging while in attendance at sessions
9is authorized for periods of time after the last day in May of
10each calendar year, except (i) if the General Assembly is
11convened in special session by either the Governor or the
12presiding officers of both houses, as provided by subsection
13(b) of Section 5 of Article IV of the Illinois Constitution or
14(ii) if the General Assembly is convened to consider bills
15vetoed, item vetoed, reduced, or returned with specific
16recommendations for change by the Governor as provided in
17Section 9 of Article IV of the Illinois Constitution. For
18fiscal year 2011 and for session days in fiscal years 2012,
192013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019 only (i) the
20allowance for lodging and meals is $111 per day and (ii)
21mileage for automobile travel shall be reimbursed at a rate of
22$0.39 per mile.
23    Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
24beginning in fiscal year 2012, travel reimbursement for General
25Assembly members on non-session days shall be calculated using
26the guidelines set forth by the Legislative Travel Control

 

 

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1Board, except that fiscal year 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016,
22017, 2018, and 2019 mileage reimbursement is set at a rate of
3$0.39 per mile.
4    If a member dies having received only a portion of the
5amount payable as compensation, the unpaid balance shall be
6paid to the surviving spouse of such member, or, if there be
7none, to the estate of such member.
8(Source: P.A. 100-25, eff. 7-26-17; 100-587, eff. 6-4-18;
9101-10, eff. 6-5-19; revised 7-17-19.)
 
10    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
11becoming law.