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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 | reports 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 propose (i) one file an initial report with | ||||||
20 | respect to all offices and positions, except judges and State's | ||||||
21 | attorneys (known as "report A") and (ii) one report with | ||||||
22 | respect to judges and State's attorneys (known as "report B"). | ||||||
23 | The Board shall file the reports with the House of | ||||||
24 | Representatives,
the Senate, the Comptroller and the Secretary | ||||||
25 | of State . Subsequent reports
shall be filed therewith before | ||||||
26 | April 1 in each even-numbered
year . Report A shall state |
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1 | thereafter stating the annual salary for all offices and | ||||||
2 | positions, except judges and State's attorneys, for which the | ||||||
3 | Board files reports. Report B shall state members of the | ||||||
4 | General Assembly,
the elected State constitutional officers | ||||||
5 | and certain appointed State officers
and compensated employees | ||||||
6 | and members of certain State departments, agencies,
boards and | ||||||
7 | commissions whose terms begin in the next calendar year; the | ||||||
8 | annual
salary for State's attorneys ; and the annual salary for | ||||||
9 | the Auditor General and
for Supreme Court, Appellate Court, | ||||||
10 | Circuit Court and Associate judges. If a the
report increases | ||||||
11 | the annual salary of judges, State's attorneys, and the
Auditor | ||||||
12 | General, such increase shall take effect when the report is | ||||||
13 | approved as soon as the time period
for disapproval or | ||||||
14 | reduction, as provided in subsection (b) of Section 5 , has
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15 | expired .
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16 | The salaries in a the report or as reduced by the General | ||||||
17 | Assembly, other
than for judges, State's attorneys, and the | ||||||
18 | Auditor General, shall take
effect as provided by law.
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19 | (Source: P.A. 90-375, eff. 8-14-97; 91-798, eff. 7-9-00.)
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20 | (25 ILCS 120/5) (from Ch. 63, par. 905)
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21 | Sec. 5. (a) If the Board fails to recommend a change in | ||||||
22 | salary or the
General Assembly does not approve a disapproves | ||||||
23 | the report as provided in subsection (b), and a
new term for | ||||||
24 | any officer provided for in this Act begins, the salary for
the | ||||||
25 | new term shall be the same as the salary in effect when the |
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1 | previous term ended.
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2 | (b) The General Assembly may approve a disapprove the | ||||||
3 | report of the Board in
whole, or reduce it in whole | ||||||
4 | proportionately, within 30 session days after each
house of the | ||||||
5 | legislature next convenes after the report is filed, by
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6 | adoption of a resolution by a record vote of the majority of | ||||||
7 | the members
elected in each house directed to the Board. Such | ||||||
8 | resolution shall be
binding upon the Board. A resolution may | ||||||
9 | approve or reduce no more than one report, and no more than one | ||||||
10 | resolution may be adopted by a single vote.
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11 | For the initial report filed by the Board after this Act | ||||||
12 | takes effect,
the General Assembly may, by January 9,
1985, | ||||||
13 | disapprove the report of the Board in whole, or reduce it in | ||||||
14 | whole
proportionately, after the report is filed, by the | ||||||
15 | adoption of a resolution
by a record vote of the majority of | ||||||
16 | the members.
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17 | (Source: P.A. 83-1177.)
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