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1 | AN ACT concerning compensation.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Compensation Review Act is amended by | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Sections 4 and 5 as follows:
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6 | (25 ILCS 120/4) (from Ch. 63, par. 904)
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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,
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12 | State's attorneys, other than the county supplement, the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | elected
constitutional officers of State government, and
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14 | certain appointed officers of State government.
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15 | In determining the compensation for each office, the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | Compensation
Review Board shall consider the following | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | factors:
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18 | (a) the skill required,
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19 | (b) the time required,
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20 | (c) the opportunity for other earned income,
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21 | (d) the value of public services as performed in | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | comparable states,
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23 | (e) the value of such services as performed in the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
24 | private sector in
Illinois and comparable states based on | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
25 | the responsibility and discretion
required in the office,
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26 | (f) the average consumer prices commonly known as the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
27 | cost of living,
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28 | (g) the overall compensation presently received by the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
29 | public officials
and all other benefits received,
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30 | (h) the interests and welfare of the public and the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
31 | financial ability of
the State to meet those costs, and
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32 | (i) such other factors, not confined to the foregoing, |
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1 | which are
normally or traditionally taken into | ||||||
2 | consideration in the determination of
such compensation.
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3 | The Board shall conduct public hearings prior to filing its
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4 | reports
report .
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5 | At the public hearings, the Board shall allow interested | ||||||
6 | persons to present
their views and comments. The Board may | ||||||
7 | prescribe reasonable rules for
the conduct of public hearings, | ||||||
8 | to prevent undue repetition. The meetings
of the Board are | ||||||
9 | subject to the Open Meetings Act.
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10 | The Board shall file its reports
an initial report with the | ||||||
11 | House of Representatives,
the Senate, the Comptroller , and the | ||||||
12 | Secretary of State . Subsequent reports
shall be filed therewith
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13 | before April 1 in each even-numbered
year . One report shall | ||||||
14 | state
thereafter stating the annual salary for members of the | ||||||
15 | General Assembly,
the elected State constitutional officers | ||||||
16 | and certain appointed State officers
and compensated employees | ||||||
17 | and members of certain State departments, agencies,
boards and | ||||||
18 | commissions whose terms begin in the next calendar year; the | ||||||
19 | annual
salary for State's attorneys; and the annual salary for | ||||||
20 | the Auditor General . The annual salary
and
for Supreme Court, | ||||||
21 | Appellate Court, Circuit Court , and Associate judges shall be | ||||||
22 | stated in a separate report . If the
report increases the | ||||||
23 | annual salary of judges, State's attorneys , and the
Auditor | ||||||
24 | General, such increase shall take effect as soon as the time | ||||||
25 | period
for disapproval or reduction, as provided in subsection | ||||||
26 | (b) of Section 5, has
expired. If the report recommends an | ||||||
27 | increase in the annual salary of judges, that increase shall | ||||||
28 | not take effect unless approved as provided in subsection (c) | ||||||
29 | of Section 5.
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30 | The salaries in the report or as reduced by the General | ||||||
31 | Assembly, other
than for judges, State's attorneys , and the | ||||||
32 | Auditor General, shall take
effect as provided by law.
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33 | (Source: P.A. 90-375, eff. 8-14-97; 91-798, eff. 7-9-00.)
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34 | (25 ILCS 120/5) (from Ch. 63, par. 905)
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35 | Sec. 5. (a) If the Board fails to recommend a change in |
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1 | salary or the
General Assembly disapproves the report as | ||||||
2 | provided in subsection (b) or fails to approve a report as | ||||||
3 | provided in subsection (c) , and a
new term for any officer | ||||||
4 | provided for in this Act begins, the salary for
the new term | ||||||
5 | shall be the same as the salary in effect when the previous | ||||||
6 | term ended.
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7 | (b) Except with respect to the salaries of judges, the
The
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8 | General Assembly may disapprove the report of the Board in
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9 | whole, or reduce it in whole proportionately, within 30 session | ||||||
10 | days after each
house of the legislature next convenes after | ||||||
11 | the report is filed, by
adoption of a resolution by a record | ||||||
12 | vote of the majority of the members
elected in each house | ||||||
13 | directed to the Board. Such resolution shall be
binding upon | ||||||
14 | the Board.
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15 | (c) With respect to the salaries of judges, the General | ||||||
16 | Assembly may approve the report of the Board in whole, or as | ||||||
17 | reduced in whole proportionately, within 30 session days after | ||||||
18 | each house of the legislature next convenes after a report | ||||||
19 | concerning salaries of judges is filed, by adoption of a | ||||||
20 | resolution by a record vote of the majority of the members | ||||||
21 | elected in each house directed to the Board. If the General | ||||||
22 | Assembly does not so approve a report concerning salaries of | ||||||
23 | judges, the recommendations of the Board do not take effect. | ||||||
24 | The action or non-action of the General Assembly is binding | ||||||
25 | upon the Board.
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26 | For the initial report filed by the Board after this Act | ||||||
27 | takes effect,
the General Assembly may, by January 9,
1985, | ||||||
28 | disapprove the report of the Board in whole, or reduce it in | ||||||
29 | whole
proportionately, after the report is filed, by the | ||||||
30 | adoption of a resolution
by a record vote of the majority of | ||||||
31 | the members.
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32 | (Source: P.A. 83-1177.)
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33 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
34 | becoming law.
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