101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB3861

 

Introduced 10/17/2019, by Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
25 ILCS 10/20 new
25 ILCS 115/1  from Ch. 63, par. 14
25 ILCS 120/7 new

    Amends the General Assembly Operations Act. Provides that any member of the General Assembly who sponsors or co-sponsors an amendment to the Illinois Constitution that provides for the implementation of General Assembly member term limits shall immediately be bound by the terms of that amendment upon sponsorship of such amendment, which shall include prior time served in office by that member, regardless of whether the provisions of that amendment exclude time served in office. Provides that if a member has reached his or her mandated term limit due to prior time served in office, but has time remaining on his or her current term of office, he or she shall be allowed to serve the remainder of his or her current term of office. Amends the General Assembly Compensation Act. Provides that a member of the General Assembly may, prior to being sworn into office, elect to reject any travel reimbursement provided under the Act. Provides that once a member elects to reject travel reimbursement, he or she shall not be eligible to receive travel reimbursement for current and future terms of office. Provides that any moneys received by a member for purposes of travel reimbursement may be repaid to the State. Amends the Compensation Review Act. Provides that members of the General Assembly and executive branch constitutional officers may, prior to being sworn into office, elect not to receive any increase in compensation that would otherwise apply based on a cost of living adjustment. Provides that once a member of the General Assembly or an executive branch constitutional officer elects not to receive a cost of living adjustment, he or she shall not be eligible to receive a cost of living adjustment for current and future terms of office. Provides that any increase in compensation received as a cost of living adjustment by a member of the General Assembly or an executive branch constitutional officer may be repaid to the State.


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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 General Assembly Operations Act is amended
5by adding Section 20 as follows:
 
6    (25 ILCS 10/20 new)
7    Sec. 20. Term limit sponsorship. Any member of the General
8Assembly who sponsors or co-sponsors an amendment to the
9Illinois Constitution that provides for the implementation of
10General Assembly member term limits shall immediately be bound
11by the terms of that amendment upon sponsorship of such
12amendment, which shall include prior time served in office by
13that member, regardless of whether the provisions of that
14amendment exclude time served in office. If a member under this
15Section has reached his or her mandated term limit due to prior
16time served in office, but has time remaining on his or her
17current term of office, he or she shall be allowed to serve the
18remainder of his or her current term of office.
 
19    Section 10. The General Assembly Compensation Act is
20amended by changing Section 1 as follows:
 
21    (25 ILCS 115/1)  (from Ch. 63, par. 14)

 

 

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

 

 

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1each; and beginning the second Wednesday in January, 1989, the
2chairman and minority spokesman of each standing and select
3committee of the House of Representatives, $6,000 each; and
4beginning fiscal year 2020 the majority leader in the Senate,
5an amount equal to the majority leader in the House. A member
6who serves in more than one position as an officer, committee
7chairman, or committee minority spokesman shall receive only
8one additional amount based on the position paying the highest
9additional amount. The compensation provided for in this
10Section to be paid per year to members of the General Assembly,
11including the additional sums payable per year to officers of
12the General Assembly shall be paid in 12 equal monthly
13installments. The first such installment is payable on January
1431, 1977. All subsequent equal monthly installments are payable
15on the last working day of the month. A member who has held
16office any part of a month is entitled to compensation for an
17entire month.
18    Mileage shall be paid at the rate of 20 cents per mile
19before January 9, 1985, and at the mileage allowance rate in
20effect under regulations promulgated pursuant to 5 U.S.C.
215707(b)(2) beginning January 9, 1985, for the number of actual
22highway miles necessarily and conveniently traveled by the most
23feasible route to be present upon convening of the sessions of
24the General Assembly by such member in each and every trip
25during each session in going to and returning from the seat of
26government, to be computed by the Comptroller. A member

 

 

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1traveling by public transportation for such purposes, however,
2shall be paid his actual cost of that transportation instead of
3on the mileage rate if his cost of public transportation
4exceeds the amount to which he would be entitled on a mileage
5basis. No member may be paid, whether on a mileage basis or for
6actual costs of public transportation, for more than one such
7trip for each week the General Assembly is actually in session.
8Each member shall also receive an allowance of $36 per day for
9lodging and meals while in attendance at sessions of the
10General Assembly before January 9, 1985; beginning January 9,
111985, such food and lodging allowance shall be equal to the
12amount per day permitted to be deducted for such expenses under
13the Internal Revenue Code; however, beginning May 31, 1995, no
14allowance for food and lodging while in attendance at sessions
15is authorized for periods of time after the last day in May of
16each calendar year, except (i) if the General Assembly is
17convened in special session by either the Governor or the
18presiding officers of both houses, as provided by subsection
19(b) of Section 5 of Article IV of the Illinois Constitution or
20(ii) if the General Assembly is convened to consider bills
21vetoed, item vetoed, reduced, or returned with specific
22recommendations for change by the Governor as provided in
23Section 9 of Article IV of the Illinois Constitution. For
24fiscal year 2011 and for session days in fiscal years 2012,
252013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019 only (i) the
26allowance for lodging and meals is $111 per day and (ii)

 

 

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1mileage for automobile travel shall be reimbursed at a rate of
2$0.39 per mile.
3    Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
4beginning in fiscal year 2012, travel reimbursement for General
5Assembly members on non-session days shall be calculated using
6the guidelines set forth by the Legislative Travel Control
7Board, except that fiscal year 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016,
82017, 2018, and 2019 mileage reimbursement is set at a rate of
9$0.39 per mile.
10    A member may, prior to being sworn into office, elect to
11reject any travel reimbursement provided under this Section.
12Once a member elects to reject travel reimbursement, he or she
13shall not be eligible to receive travel reimbursement under
14this Section for the remainder of his or her elected term of
15office or for any subsequent term of office for which he or she
16may be elected to the same house of the General Assembly. Any
17moneys received by a member for purposes of travel
18reimbursement may voluntarily be repaid by a member to the
19State in a manner prescribed by the Comptroller.
20    If a member dies having received only a portion of the
21amount payable as compensation, the unpaid balance shall be
22paid to the surviving spouse of such member, or, if there be
23none, to the estate of such member.
24(Source: P.A. 100-25, eff. 7-26-17; 100-587, eff. 6-4-18;
25101-10, eff. 6-5-19.)
 

 

 

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1    Section 15. The Compensation Review Act is amended by
2adding Section 7 as follows:
 
3    (25 ILCS 120/7 new)
4    Sec. 7. COLA opt-out. Notwithstanding any provision of law
5to the contrary, members of the General Assembly and executive
6branch constitutional officers of State government may, prior
7to being sworn into office, elect not to receive any increase
8in compensation that would otherwise apply based on a cost of
9living adjustment as authorized by Senate Joint Resolution 192
10of the 86th General Assembly. Once a member of the General
11Assembly or an executive branch constitutional officer elects
12not to receive a cost of living adjustment, he or she shall not
13be eligible to receive a cost of living adjustment for the
14remainder of his or her elected term of office or for any
15subsequent term of office for which he or she may be elected to
16the same office. Any increase in compensation received as a
17cost of living adjustment by a member of the General Assembly
18or an executive branch constitutional officer may voluntarily
19be repaid by a member or an officer to the State in a manner
20prescribed by the Comptroller.