95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB3496

 

Introduced 2/28/2007, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
25 ILCS 120/4   from Ch. 63, par. 904
25 ILCS 120/5   from Ch. 63, par. 905

    Amends the Compensation Review Act. Changes the filing deadline for Compensation Review Board reports to March 1 (now, April 1) of each even-numbered year and provides that a report takes effect unless disapproved by resolution of the General Assembly by the earlier of (i) the expiration of 30 session days after each house convenes after the report is filed or (ii) May 31st after the report is filed (now, by the expiration of 30 session days after each house convenes after the report is filed). 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,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Compensation Review Act is amended by
5 changing Sections 4 and 5 as follows:
 
6     (25 ILCS 120/4)  (from Ch. 63, par. 904)
7     Sec. 4. Meetings of the Board; determining compensation;
8 public hearings; reports. The Board shall meet as often as may
9 be necessary and shall determine, upon a vote requiring at
10 least 7 affirmative votes, the compensation for members of the
11 General Assembly, judges, other than the county supplement,
12 State's attorneys, other than the county supplement, the
13 elected constitutional officers of State government, and
14 certain appointed officers of State government.
15     In determining the compensation for each office, the
16 Compensation Review Board shall consider the following
17 factors:
18         (a) the skill required,
19         (b) the time required,
20         (c) the opportunity for other earned income,
21         (d) the value of public services as performed in
22     comparable states,
23         (e) the value of such services as performed in the

 

 

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1     private sector in Illinois and comparable states based on
2     the responsibility and discretion required in the office,
3         (f) the average consumer prices commonly known as the
4     cost of living,
5         (g) the overall compensation presently received by the
6     public officials and all other benefits received,
7         (h) the interests and welfare of the public and the
8     financial ability of the State to meet those costs, and
9         (i) such other factors, not confined to the foregoing,
10     which are normally or traditionally taken into
11     consideration in the determination of such compensation.
12     The Board shall conduct public hearings prior to filing its
13 report.
14     At the public hearings, the Board shall allow interested
15 persons to present their views and comments. The Board may
16 prescribe reasonable rules for the conduct of public hearings,
17 to prevent undue repetition. The meetings of the Board are
18 subject to the Open Meetings Act.
19     The Board shall file an initial report with the House of
20 Representatives, the Senate, the Comptroller and the Secretary
21 of State. Subsequent reports shall be filed therewith before
22 March April 1 in each even-numbered year thereafter stating the
23 annual salary for members of the General Assembly, the elected
24 State constitutional officers and certain appointed State
25 officers and compensated employees and members of certain State
26 departments, agencies, boards and commissions whose terms

 

 

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1 begin in the next calendar year; the annual salary for State's
2 attorneys; and the annual salary for the Auditor General and
3 for Supreme Court, Appellate Court, Circuit Court and Associate
4 judges. If the report increases the annual salary of judges,
5 State's attorneys, and the Auditor General, such increase shall
6 take effect as soon as the time period for disapproval or
7 reduction, as provided in subsection (b) of Section 5, has
8 expired.
9     The salaries in the report or as reduced by the General
10 Assembly, other than for judges, State's attorneys, and the
11 Auditor General, shall take effect as provided by law.
12 (Source: P.A. 90-375, eff. 8-14-97; 91-798, eff. 7-9-00.)
 
13     (25 ILCS 120/5)  (from Ch. 63, par. 905)
14     Sec. 5. (a) If the Board fails to recommend a change in
15 salary or the General Assembly disapproves the report as
16 provided in subsection (b), and a new term for any officer
17 provided for in this Act begins, the salary for the new term
18 shall be the same as the salary in effect when the previous
19 term ended.
20     (b) The General Assembly may disapprove the report of the
21 Board in whole, or reduce it in whole proportionately, (i)
22 within 30 session days after each house of the legislature next
23 convenes after the report is filed or (ii) by the May 31st next
24 occurring after the report is filed, whichever is earlier, by
25 adoption of a resolution by a record vote of the majority of

 

 

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1 the members elected in each house directed to the Board. Such
2 resolution shall be binding upon the Board.
3     For the initial report filed by the Board after this Act
4 takes effect, the General Assembly may, by January 9, 1985,
5 disapprove the report of the Board in whole, or reduce it in
6 whole proportionately, after the report is filed, by the
7 adoption of a resolution by a record vote of the majority of
8 the members.
9 (Source: P.A. 83-1177.)
 
10     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
11 becoming law.