Rep. Keith Farnham

Filed: 5/25/2010

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3660

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3660, AS AMENDED,
3 by inserting Article 30 in its proper numeric sequence as
4 follows:
 
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"ARTICLE 30. GENERAL ASSEMBLY PER DIEM

 
6     Section 5. The General Assembly Compensation Act is amended
7 by changing Section 1 as follows:
 
8     (25 ILCS 115/1)  (from Ch. 63, par. 14)
9     Sec. 1. Each member of the General Assembly shall receive
10 an annual salary of $28,000 or as set by the Compensation
11 Review Board, whichever is greater. The following named
12 officers, committee chairmen and committee minority spokesmen
13 shall receive additional amounts per year for their services as
14 such officers, committee chairmen and committee minority
15 spokesmen respectively, as set by the Compensation Review Board

 

 

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

 

 

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1 this Section to be paid per year to members of the General
2 Assembly, including the additional sums payable per year to
3 officers of the General Assembly shall be paid in 12 equal
4 monthly installments. The first such installment is payable on
5 January 31, 1977. All subsequent equal monthly installments are
6 payable on the last working day of the month. A member who has
7 held office any part of a month is entitled to compensation for
8 an entire month.
9     Mileage shall be paid at the rate of 20 cents per mile
10 before January 9, 1985, and at the mileage allowance rate in
11 effect under regulations promulgated pursuant to 5 U.S.C.
12 5707(b)(2) beginning January 9, 1985, for the number of actual
13 highway miles necessarily and conveniently traveled by the most
14 feasible route to be present upon convening of the sessions of
15 the General Assembly by such member in each and every trip
16 during each session in going to and returning from the seat of
17 government, to be computed by the Comptroller. A member
18 traveling by public transportation for such purposes, however,
19 shall be paid his actual cost of that transportation instead of
20 on the mileage rate if his cost of public transportation
21 exceeds the amount to which he would be entitled on a mileage
22 basis. No member may be paid, whether on a mileage basis or for
23 actual costs of public transportation, for more than one such
24 trip for each week the General Assembly is actually in session.
25 Each member shall also receive an allowance of $36 per day for
26 lodging and meals while in attendance at sessions of the

 

 

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1 General Assembly before January 9, 1985; beginning January 9,
2 1985, such food and lodging allowance shall be equal to the
3 amount per day permitted to be deducted for such expenses under
4 the Internal Revenue Code; however, beginning May 31, 1995, no
5 allowance for food and lodging while in attendance at sessions
6 is authorized for periods of time after the last day in May of
7 each calendar year, except (i) if the General Assembly is
8 convened in special session by either the Governor or the
9 presiding officers of both houses, as provided by subsection
10 (b) of Section 5 of Article IV of the Illinois Constitution or
11 (ii) if the General Assembly is convened to consider bills
12 vetoed, item vetoed, reduced, or returned with specific
13 recommendations for change by the Governor as provided in
14 Section 9 of Article IV of the Illinois Constitution.
15 Notwithstanding any other provision, for fiscal year 2011 only
16 (i) the allowance for lodging and meals is $111 per day and
17 (ii) mileage for automobile travel shall be reimbursed at a
18 rate of $0.39 per mile.
19     If a member dies having received only a portion of the
20 amount payable as compensation, the unpaid balance shall be
21 paid to the surviving spouse of such member, or, if there be
22 none, to the estate of such member.
23 (Source: P.A. 89-405, eff. 11-8-95.)".