96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB0324

 

Introduced 1/27/2009, by Rep. Mike Fortner

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
25 ILCS 120/5.10 new

    Amends the Compensation Review Act. With respect to Compensation Review Board recommendations beginning in 2010 for cost of living adjustments to General Assembly member compensation, prohibits the recommendation from including adjustments for periods of time other than the period since the Board's most recent previous report. Invalidates any violating portions of future reports, and prohibits the payment of funds appropriated for compensation in violation of the prohibition.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

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,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Compensation Review Act is amended by adding
5 Section 5.10 as follows:
 
6     (25 ILCS 120/5.10 new)
7     Sec. 5.10. General Assembly COLA. Beginning with
8 Compensation Review Board reports required by this Act in 2010
9 and thereafter, any recommendation of a cost of living
10 adjustment, whether expressed as a percentage or a dollar
11 amount, to the compensation of a member of the General Assembly
12 shall include only an adjustment for the period since the most
13 recent previous Board report and shall not include an
14 accumulation of cost of living adjustments for periods of time
15 other than the period since the most recent previous report.
16     The portion of any Board report that violates this Section
17 shall be without effect, regardless of whether or not the
18 General Assembly disapproves or reduces that report, and any
19 funds appropriated for compensation in violation of this
20 Section shall not be paid.