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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 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 |
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1 | private sector in
Illinois and comparable states based on | ||||||
2 | the responsibility and discretion
required in the office,
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3 | (f) the average consumer prices commonly known as the | ||||||
4 | cost of living,
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5 | (g) the overall compensation presently received by the | ||||||
6 | public officials
and all other benefits received,
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7 | (h) the interests and welfare of the public and the | ||||||
8 | financial ability of
the State to meet those costs, and
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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.
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12 | The Board shall conduct public hearings prior to filing its
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13 | report.
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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.
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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
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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
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8 | expired.
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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.
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12 | (Source: P.A. 90-375, eff. 8-14-97; 91-798, eff. 7-9-00.)
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13 | (25 ILCS 120/5) (from Ch. 63, par. 905)
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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9 | (Source: P.A. 83-1177.)
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10 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
11 | becoming law.
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