102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB2874

 

Introduced 2/19/2021, by Rep. Andrew S. Chesney

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
15 ILCS 20/50-22
25 ILCS 115/1  from Ch. 63, par. 14

    Amends the General Assembly Compensation Act. Provides that beginning in 2021, and for each year thereafter, if the General Assembly fails to pass a balanced budget by June 30 of each year, the compensation to be paid to members of the General Assembly, including the additional sums payable to officers of the General Assembly, shall be withheld until a balanced budget is passed. Amends the State Budget Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Removes the salary of members of the General Assembly from continuing appropriations provisions. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The State Budget Law of the Civil
5Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing Section
650-22 as follows:
 
7    (15 ILCS 20/50-22)
8    Sec. 50-22. Funding for salaries of General Assembly
9members and judges; legislative operations.
10    (a) Beginning July 1, 2014, the aggregate appropriations
11available for salaries for members of the General Assembly and
12judges from all State funds for each State fiscal year shall be
13no less than the total aggregate appropriations made available
14for salaries for members of the General Assembly and judges
15for the immediately preceding fiscal year.
16    (b) Beginning July 1, 2014, the aggregate appropriations
17available for legislative operations from all State funds for
18each State fiscal year shall be no less than the total
19aggregate appropriations made available for legislative
20operations for the immediately preceding fiscal year. For
21purposes of this subsection (b), "legislative operations"
22means any expenditure for the operation of the Office of the
23Auditor General, the House of Representatives, the Senate, the

 

 

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1Legislative Ethics Commission, the Office of the Legislative
2Inspector General, the Joint Committee on Legislative Support
3Services, and the legislative support services agencies.
4    (c) If for any reason the aggregate appropriations made
5available are insufficient to meet the levels required by
6subsections (a) and (b) of this Section, this Section shall
7constitute a continuing appropriation of all amounts necessary
8for these purposes. The General Assembly may appropriate
9lesser amounts by law.
10(Source: P.A. 98-682, eff. 6-30-14.)
 
11    Section 10. The General Assembly Compensation Act is
12amended by changing Section 1 as follows:
 
13    (25 ILCS 115/1)  (from Ch. 63, par. 14)
14    Sec. 1. Each member of the General Assembly shall receive
15an annual salary of $28,000 or as set by the Compensation
16Review Board, whichever is greater. The following named
17officers, committee chairmen and committee minority spokesmen
18shall receive additional amounts per year for their services
19as such officers, committee chairmen and committee minority
20spokesmen respectively, as set by the Compensation Review
21Board or, as follows, whichever is greater: Beginning the
22second Wednesday in January 1989, the Speaker and the minority
23leader of the House of Representatives and the President and
24the minority leader of the Senate, $16,000 each; the majority

 

 

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1leader in the House of Representatives $13,500; 5 assistant
2majority leaders and 5 assistant minority leaders in the
3Senate, $12,000 each; 6 assistant majority leaders and 6
4assistant minority leaders in the House of Representatives,
5$10,500 each; 2 Deputy Majority leaders in the House of
6Representatives $11,500 each; and 2 Deputy Minority leaders in
7the House of Representatives, $11,500 each; the majority
8caucus chairman and minority caucus chairman in the Senate,
9$12,000 each; and beginning the second Wednesday in January,
101989, the majority conference chairman and the minority
11conference chairman in the House of Representatives, $10,500
12each; beginning the second Wednesday in January, 1989, the
13chairman and minority spokesman of each standing committee of
14the Senate, except the Rules Committee, the Committee on
15Committees, and the Committee on Assignment of Bills, $6,000
16each; and beginning the second Wednesday in January, 1989, the
17chairman and minority spokesman of each standing and select
18committee of the House of Representatives, $6,000 each; and
19beginning fiscal year 2020, the majority leader in the Senate,
20an amount equal to the majority leader in the House. A member
21who serves in more than one position as an officer, committee
22chairman, or committee minority spokesman shall receive only
23one additional amount based on the position paying the highest
24additional amount. The compensation provided for in this
25Section to be paid per year to members of the General Assembly,
26including the additional sums payable per year to officers of

 

 

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1the General Assembly shall be paid in 12 equal monthly
2installments. The first such installment is payable on January
331, 1977. All subsequent equal monthly installments are
4payable on the last working day of the month. A member who has
5held office any part of a month is entitled to compensation for
6an entire month. Beginning in 2021, and for each year
7thereafter, if the General Assembly fails to pass a balanced
8budget by June 30 of each year, the compensation provided in
9this Section to be paid to members of the General Assembly,
10including the additional sums payable to officers of the
11General Assembly, shall be withheld until a balanced budget is
12passed.
13    Mileage shall be paid at the rate of 20 cents per mile
14before January 9, 1985, and at the mileage allowance rate in
15effect under regulations promulgated pursuant to 5 U.S.C.
165707(b)(2) beginning January 9, 1985, for the number of actual
17highway miles necessarily and conveniently traveled by the
18most feasible route to be present upon convening of the
19sessions of the General Assembly by such member in each and
20every trip during each session in going to and returning from
21the seat of government, to be computed by the Comptroller. A
22member traveling by public transportation for such purposes,
23however, shall be paid his actual cost of that transportation
24instead of on the mileage rate if his cost of public
25transportation exceeds the amount to which he would be
26entitled on a mileage basis. No member may be paid, whether on

 

 

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1a mileage basis or for actual costs of public transportation,
2for more than one such trip for each week the General Assembly
3is actually in session. Each member shall also receive an
4allowance of $36 per day for lodging and meals while in
5attendance at sessions of the General Assembly before January
69, 1985; beginning January 9, 1985, such food and lodging
7allowance shall be equal to the amount per day permitted to be
8deducted for such expenses under the Internal Revenue Code;
9however, beginning May 31, 1995, no allowance for food and
10lodging while in attendance at sessions is authorized for
11periods of time after the last day in May of each calendar
12year, except (i) if the General Assembly is convened in
13special session by either the Governor or the presiding
14officers of both houses, as provided by subsection (b) of
15Section 5 of Article IV of the Illinois Constitution or (ii) if
16the General Assembly is convened to consider bills vetoed,
17item vetoed, reduced, or returned with specific
18recommendations for change by the Governor as provided in
19Section 9 of Article IV of the Illinois Constitution. For
20fiscal year 2011 and for session days in fiscal years 2012,
212013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019 only (i) the
22allowance for lodging and meals is $111 per day and (ii)
23mileage for automobile travel shall be reimbursed at a rate of
24$0.39 per mile.
25    Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
26contrary, beginning in fiscal year 2012, travel reimbursement

 

 

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1for General Assembly members on non-session days shall be
2calculated using the guidelines set forth by the Legislative
3Travel Control Board, except that fiscal year 2012, 2013,
42014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019 mileage reimbursement
5is set at a rate of $0.39 per mile.
6    If a member dies having received only a portion of the
7amount payable as compensation, the unpaid balance shall be
8paid to the surviving spouse of such member, or, if there be
9none, to the estate of such member.
10(Source: P.A. 100-25, eff. 7-26-17; 100-587, eff. 6-4-18;
11101-10, eff. 6-5-19; revised 7-17-19.)
 
12    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
13becoming law.