Sen. Dan Kotowski

Filed: 5/4/2011

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 260

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 260 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The General Assembly Compensation Act is
5amended by changing Section 1 and by adding Section 1.7 as
6follows:
 
7    (25 ILCS 115/1)  (from Ch. 63, par. 14)
8    Sec. 1. Each member of the General Assembly shall receive
9an annual salary of $28,000 or as set by the Compensation
10Review Board, whichever is greater. The following named
11officers, committee chairmen and committee minority spokesmen
12shall receive additional amounts per year for their services as
13such officers, committee chairmen and committee minority
14spokesmen respectively, as set by the Compensation Review Board
15or, as follows, whichever is greater: Beginning the second
16Wednesday in January 1989, the Speaker and the minority leader

 

 

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

 

 

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1officers of the General Assembly shall be paid in 12 equal
2monthly installments. The first such installment is payable on
3January 31, 1977. All subsequent equal monthly installments are
4payable on the last working day of the month. A member who has
5held office any part of a month is entitled to compensation for
6an entire month.
7    Mileage shall be paid at the rate of 20 cents per mile
8before January 9, 1985, and at the mileage allowance rate in
9effect under regulations promulgated pursuant to 5 U.S.C.
105707(b)(2) beginning January 9, 1985, for the number of actual
11highway miles necessarily and conveniently traveled by the most
12feasible route to be present upon convening of the sessions of
13the General Assembly by such member in each and every trip
14during each session in going to and returning from the seat of
15government, to be computed by the Comptroller. A member
16traveling by public transportation for such purposes, however,
17shall be paid his actual cost of that transportation instead of
18on the mileage rate if his cost of public transportation
19exceeds the amount to which he would be entitled on a mileage
20basis. No member may be paid, whether on a mileage basis or for
21actual costs of public transportation, for more than one such
22trip for each week the General Assembly is actually in session.
23Each member shall also receive an allowance of $36 per day for
24lodging and meals while in attendance at sessions of the
25General Assembly before January 9, 1985; beginning January 9,
261985, such food and lodging allowance shall be equal to the

 

 

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1amount per day permitted to be deducted for such expenses under
2the Internal Revenue Code; however, beginning May 31, 1995, no
3allowance for food and lodging while in attendance at sessions
4is authorized for periods of time after the last day in May of
5each calendar year, except (i) if the General Assembly is
6convened in special session by either the Governor or the
7presiding officers of both houses, as provided by subsection
8(b) of Section 5 of Article IV of the Illinois Constitution or
9(ii) if the General Assembly is convened to consider bills
10vetoed, item vetoed, reduced, or returned with specific
11recommendations for change by the Governor as provided in
12Section 9 of Article IV of the Illinois Constitution.
13Notwithstanding any other provision, for fiscal year 2011 and
14for session days in fiscal year 2012 only (i) the allowance for
15lodging and meals is $111 per day and (ii) mileage for
16automobile travel shall be reimbursed at a rate of $0.39 per
17mile.
18    In fiscal year 2012, travel reimbursement for General
19Assembly members on non-session days shall be calculated using
20the guidelines set forth by the Travel Regulation Council for
21employees of the General Assembly.
22    If a member dies having received only a portion of the
23amount payable as compensation, the unpaid balance shall be
24paid to the surviving spouse of such member, or, if there be
25none, to the estate of such member.
26(Source: P.A. 96-958, eff. 7-1-10.)
 

 

 

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1    (25 ILCS 115/1.7 new)
2    Sec. 1.7. FY12 furlough days. During each month of the
3fiscal year beginning July 1, 2011, every member of the 97th
4General Assembly is mandatorily required to forfeit one day of
5compensation. The State Comptroller shall deduct the
6equivalent of 1/261st of the annual salary of each member of
7the 97th General Assembly from the compensation of that member
8in each month of the fiscal year. For purposes of this Section,
9annual compensation includes compensation paid to each member
10by the State for one year of service pursuant to Section 1,
11except any payments made for mileage and allowances for travel
12and meals. The forfeiture required by this Section is not
13considered a change in salary and shall not impact pension or
14other benefits provided to members of the General Assembly.
 
15    Section 10. The Compensation Review Act is amended by
16changing Sections 2.1 and 5.7 and by adding Section 5.8 as
17follows:
 
18    (25 ILCS 120/2.1)
19    Sec. 2.1. "Set by Compensation Review Board"; meaning. If
20salary or compensation is provided by law as set by the
21Compensation Review Board, then that means the salary or
22compensation in effect on the effective date of this amendatory
23Act of the 96th General Assembly and as provided in Sections

 

 

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15.6, 5.7, and 5.8 Section 5.6 of the Compensation Review Act.
2(Source: P.A. 96-800, eff. 10-30-09.)
 
3    (25 ILCS 120/5.7)
4    Sec. 5.7. FY11 COLA's prohibited. Notwithstanding any
5former or current provision of this Act, any other law, any
6report of the Compensation Review Board, or any resolution of
7the General Assembly to the contrary, members of the General
8Assembly, State's attorneys, other than the county supplement,
9elected executive branch constitutional officers of State
10government, and persons in certain appointed offices of State
11government, including the membership of State departments,
12agencies, boards, and commissions, whose annual compensation
13previously was recommended or determined by the Compensation
14Review Board, are prohibited from receiving and shall not
15receive any increase in compensation that would otherwise apply
16based on a cost of living adjustment, as authorized by Senate
17Joint Resolution 192 of the 86th General Assembly, for or
18during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2010. That cost of
19living adjustment shall apply again in the fiscal year
20beginning July 1, 2011 and thereafter.
21(Source: P.A. 96-958, eff. 7-1-10.)
 
22    (25 ILCS 120/5.8 new)
23    Sec. 5.8. FY12 COLAs prohibited. Notwithstanding any
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1report of the Compensation Review Board, or any resolution of
2the General Assembly to the contrary, members of the General
3Assembly, State's attorneys, other than the county supplement,
4elected executive branch constitutional officers of State
5government, and persons in certain appointed offices of State
6government, including the membership of State departments,
7agencies, boards, and commissions, whose annual compensation
8previously was recommended or determined by the Compensation
9Review Board, are prohibited from receiving and shall not
10receive any increase in compensation that would otherwise apply
11based on a cost of living adjustment, as authorized by Senate
12Joint Resolution 192 of the 86th General Assembly, for or
13during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2011. That cost of
14living adjustment shall apply again in the fiscal year
15beginning July 1, 2012 and thereafter.
 
16    Section 15. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
17Section 14.3 as follows:
 
18    (30 ILCS 105/14.3 new)
19    Sec. 14.3. Fiscal year 2012 State officer compensation
20forfeiture.
21    (a) During the fiscal year beginning on July 1, 2011, each
22State officer listed in subsection (b) is required to forfeit
23one day of compensation each month. The State Comptroller shall
24deduct the equivalent of 1/261st of the annual compensation of

 

 

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1each of those State officers that is paid from the General
2Revenue Fund from the compensation of that State officer in
3each month of the fiscal year. For purposes of this Section,
4annual compensation includes compensation paid to each of those
5State officers by the State for one year of service, except any
6payments made for mileage and allowances for travel and meals.
7The forfeiture required by this Section is not considered a
8change in salary and shall not impact pension or other benefits
9provided to those State officers.
10    (b) "State officers" for the purposes of subsection (a) are
11the following:
12        Governor;
13        Lieutenant Governor;
14        Secretary of State;
15        Attorney General;
16        Comptroller;
17        State Treasurer;
18        Department on Aging: Director;
19        Department of Agriculture: Director and Assistant
20    Director;
21        Department of Central Management Services: Director
22    and Assistant Directors;
23        Department of Children and Family Services: Director;
24        Department of Corrections: Director and Assistant
25    Director;
26        Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity:

 

 

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1    Director and Assistant Director;
2        Environmental Protection Agency: Director;
3        Department of Financial and Professional Regulation:
4    Secretary and Directors;
5        Department of Human Services: Secretary and Assistant
6    Secretaries;
7        Department of Insurance: Director and Assistant
8    Director;
9        Department of Juvenile Justice: Director;
10        Department of Labor: Director, Assistant Director,
11    Chief Factory Inspector, and Superintendent of Safety
12    Inspection and Education;
13        Department of State Police: Director and Assistant
14    Director;
15        Department of Military Affairs: Adjutant General and
16    Chief Assistants to the Adjutant General;
17        Department of Natural Resources: Director, Assistant
18    Director, Mine Officers, and Miners' Examining Officers;
19        Illinois Labor Relations Board: Chairman, State Labor
20    Relations Board members, and Local Labor Relations Board
21    members;
22        Department of Healthcare and Family Services: Director
23    and Assistant Director;
24        Department of Public Health: Director and Assistant
25    Director;
26        Department of Revenue: Director and Assistant

 

 

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1    Director;
2        Property Tax Appeal Board: Chairman and members;
3        Department of Veterans' Affairs: Director and
4    Assistant Director;
5        Civil Service Commission: Chairman and members;
6        Commerce Commission: Chairman and members;
7        State Board of Elections: Chairman, Vice-Chairman, and
8    members;
9        Illinois Emergency Management Agency: Director and
10    Assistant Director;
11        Department of Human Rights: Director;
12        Human Rights Commission: Chairman and members;
13        Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission: Chairman
14    and members;
15        Liquor Control Commission: Chairman, members, and
16    Secretary;
17        Executive Ethics Commission: members;
18        Illinois Power Agency: Director;
19        Pollution Control Board: Chairman and members;
20        Prisoner Review Board: Chairman and members;
21        Secretary of State Merit Commission: Chairman and
22    members;
23        Educational Labor Relations Board: Chairman and
24    members;
25        Department of Transportation: Secretary and Assistant
26    Secretary;

 

 

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1        Office of Small Business Utility Advocate: small
2    business utility advocate;
3        Executive Inspector General for the Office of the
4    Governor;
5        Executive Inspector General for the Office of the
6    Attorney General;
7        Executive Inspector General for the Office of the
8    Secretary of State;
9        Executive Inspector General for the Office of the
10    Treasurer;
11        Executive Inspector General for the Office of the
12    Comptroller; and
13        Office of Auditor General: Auditor General and Deputy
14    Auditors General.
 
15    Section 97. Severability. The provisions of this Act are
16severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.
 
17    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
18becoming law.".