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1 | AN ACT concerning State government.
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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 Section 4 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 , and merit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | compensation employees .
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16 | In determining the compensation for each office, the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | Compensation
Review Board shall consider the following | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | factors:
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19 | (a) the skill required,
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20 | (b) the time required,
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21 | (c) the opportunity for other earned income,
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22 | (d) the value of public services as performed in | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | comparable states,
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1 | (e) the value of such services as performed in the | ||||||
2 | private sector in
Illinois and comparable states based on | ||||||
3 | the responsibility and discretion
required in the office,
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4 | (f) the average consumer prices commonly known as the | ||||||
5 | cost of living,
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6 | (g) the overall compensation presently received by the | ||||||
7 | public officials
and all other benefits received,
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8 | (h) the interests and welfare of the public and the | ||||||
9 | financial ability of
the State to meet those costs, and
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10 | (i) such other factors, not confined to the foregoing, | ||||||
11 | which are
normally or traditionally taken into | ||||||
12 | consideration in the determination of
such compensation.
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13 | The Board shall conduct public hearings prior to filing its
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14 | report.
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15 | At the public hearings, the Board shall allow interested | ||||||
16 | persons to present
their views and comments. The Board may | ||||||
17 | prescribe reasonable rules for
the conduct of public hearings, | ||||||
18 | to prevent undue repetition. The meetings
of the Board are | ||||||
19 | subject to the Open Meetings Act.
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20 | The Board shall file an initial report with the House of | ||||||
21 | Representatives,
the Senate, the Comptroller and the Secretary | ||||||
22 | of State. Subsequent reports
shall be filed therewith before | ||||||
23 | April 1 in each even-numbered
year thereafter stating the | ||||||
24 | annual salary for members of the General Assembly,
the elected | ||||||
25 | State constitutional officers and certain appointed State | ||||||
26 | officers
and compensated employees and members of certain State |
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1 | departments, agencies,
boards and commissions whose terms | ||||||
2 | begin in the next calendar year; the annual
salary for State's | ||||||
3 | attorneys; and the annual salary for the Auditor General and
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4 | for Supreme Court, Appellate Court, Circuit Court and Associate | ||||||
5 | judges. If the
report increases the annual salary of judges, | ||||||
6 | State's attorneys, and the
Auditor General, such increase shall | ||||||
7 | take effect as soon as the time period
for disapproval or | ||||||
8 | reduction, as provided in subsection (b) of Section 5, has
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9 | expired. | ||||||
10 | Reports filed after the effective date of this amendatory | ||||||
11 | Act of the 95th General Assembly shall also state the annual | ||||||
12 | salary for merit compensation employees. The compensation for | ||||||
13 | merit compensation employees shall be the higher of that set by | ||||||
14 | the Board, by the employing agency, or under the terms of a | ||||||
15 | collective bargaining agreement. "Merit compensation | ||||||
16 | employees" are those covered by the pay plan prepared by the | ||||||
17 | Director of Central Management Services under Section 8a of the | ||||||
18 | Personnel Code.
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19 | The salaries in the report or as reduced by the General | ||||||
20 | Assembly, other
than for judges, State's attorneys, and the | ||||||
21 | Auditor General, shall take
effect as provided by law.
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22 | (Source: P.A. 90-375, eff. 8-14-97; 91-798, eff. 7-9-00.)
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