100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB4026

 

Introduced , by Rep. Mark Batinick - Allen Skillicorn - Ryan Spain - Thomas Morrison - David McSweeney

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
5 ILCS 290/4  from Ch. 53, par. 4
25 ILCS 115/1  from Ch. 63, par. 14

    Amends the Salaries Act. Provides that the monthly salary payment made to Executive Branch officers may be delayed if there are insufficient funds in the State's General Revenue Fund to pay all other obligations within 90 days after a voucher requesting payment is submitted to the Comptroller. Amends the General Assembly Compensation Act to make a similar change concerning monthly salary paid to members of the General Assembly.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Salaries Act is amended by changing Section
54 as follows:
 
6    (5 ILCS 290/4)  (from Ch. 53, par. 4)
7    Sec. 4. The salaries of the officers herein above named,
8provided to be paid out of State treasury, shall be paid to the
9officers above named at least monthly, on the warrant of the
10State Comptroller, out of any money in the State treasury not
11otherwise appropriated. The monthly salary payment made to the
12Executive Branch officers specified in Section 1 of this Act
13may be delayed if there are insufficient funds in the State's
14General Revenue Fund to pay all other obligations within 90
15days after a voucher requesting payment is submitted to the
16Comptroller.
17(Source: P.A. 86-1028.)
 
18    Section 10. The General Assembly Compensation Act is
19amended by changing Section 1 as follows:
 
20    (25 ILCS 115/1)  (from Ch. 63, par. 14)
21    Sec. 1. Each member of the General Assembly shall receive

 

 

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1an annual salary of $28,000 or as set by the Compensation
2Review Board, whichever is greater. The following named
3officers, committee chairmen and committee minority spokesmen
4shall receive additional amounts per year for their services as
5such officers, committee chairmen and committee minority
6spokesmen respectively, as set by the Compensation Review Board
7or, as follows, whichever is greater: Beginning the second
8Wednesday in January 1989, the Speaker and the minority leader
9of the House of Representatives and the President and the
10minority leader of the Senate, $16,000 each; the majority
11leader in the House of Representatives $13,500; 6 assistant
12majority leaders and 5 assistant minority leaders in the
13Senate, $12,000 each; 6 assistant majority leaders and 6
14assistant minority leaders in the House of Representatives,
15$10,500 each; 2 Deputy Majority leaders in the House of
16Representatives $11,500 each; and 2 Deputy Minority leaders in
17the House of Representatives, $11,500 each; the majority caucus
18chairman and minority caucus chairman in the Senate, $12,000
19each; and beginning the second Wednesday in January, 1989, the
20majority conference chairman and the minority conference
21chairman in the House of Representatives, $10,500 each;
22beginning the second Wednesday in January, 1989, the chairman
23and minority spokesman of each standing committee of the
24Senate, except the Rules Committee, the Committee on
25Committees, and the Committee on Assignment of Bills, $6,000
26each; and beginning the second Wednesday in January, 1989, the

 

 

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1chairman and minority spokesman of each standing and select
2committee of the House of Representatives, $6,000 each. A
3member who serves in more than one position as an officer,
4committee chairman, or committee minority spokesman shall
5receive only one additional amount based on the position paying
6the highest additional amount. The compensation provided for in
7this Section to be paid per year to members of the General
8Assembly, including the additional sums payable per year to
9officers of the General Assembly shall be paid in 12 equal
10monthly installments. The first such installment is payable on
11January 31, 1977. All subsequent equal monthly installments are
12payable on the last working day of the month; however, a
13monthly installment may be delayed if there are insufficient
14funds in the State's General Revenue Fund to pay all other
15obligations within 90 days after a voucher requesting payment
16is submitted to the Comptroller. A member who has held office
17any part of a month is entitled to compensation for an entire
18month.
19    Mileage shall be paid at the rate of 20 cents per mile
20before January 9, 1985, and at the mileage allowance rate in
21effect under regulations promulgated pursuant to 5 U.S.C.
225707(b)(2) beginning January 9, 1985, for the number of actual
23highway miles necessarily and conveniently traveled by the most
24feasible route to be present upon convening of the sessions of
25the General Assembly by such member in each and every trip
26during each session in going to and returning from the seat of

 

 

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1government, to be computed by the Comptroller. A member
2traveling by public transportation for such purposes, however,
3shall be paid his actual cost of that transportation instead of
4on the mileage rate if his cost of public transportation
5exceeds the amount to which he would be entitled on a mileage
6basis. No member may be paid, whether on a mileage basis or for
7actual costs of public transportation, for more than one such
8trip for each week the General Assembly is actually in session.
9Each member shall also receive an allowance of $36 per day for
10lodging and meals while in attendance at sessions of the
11General Assembly before January 9, 1985; beginning January 9,
121985, such food and lodging allowance shall be equal to the
13amount per day permitted to be deducted for such expenses under
14the Internal Revenue Code; however, beginning May 31, 1995, no
15allowance for food and lodging while in attendance at sessions
16is authorized for periods of time after the last day in May of
17each calendar year, except (i) if the General Assembly is
18convened in special session by either the Governor or the
19presiding officers of both houses, as provided by subsection
20(b) of Section 5 of Article IV of the Illinois Constitution or
21(ii) if the General Assembly is convened to consider bills
22vetoed, item vetoed, reduced, or returned with specific
23recommendations for change by the Governor as provided in
24Section 9 of Article IV of the Illinois Constitution. For
25fiscal year 2011 and for session days in fiscal years 2012,
262013, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017 only (i) the allowance for

 

 

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1lodging and meals is $111 per day and (ii) mileage for
2automobile travel shall be reimbursed at a rate of $0.39 per
3mile.
4    Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
5beginning in fiscal year 2012, travel reimbursement for General
6Assembly members on non-session days shall be calculated using
7the guidelines set forth by the Legislative Travel Control
8Board, except that fiscal year 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016,
9and 2017 mileage reimbursement is set at a rate of $0.39 per
10mile.
11    If a member dies having received only a portion of the
12amount payable as compensation, the unpaid balance shall be
13paid to the surviving spouse of such member, or, if there be
14none, to the estate of such member.
15(Source: P.A. 98-30, eff. 6-24-13; 98-682, eff. 6-30-14;
1699-355, eff. 8-13-15; 99-523, eff. 6-30-16.)