HB1511 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB1511

Introduced , by Rep. Barbara Wheeler

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

New Act

Creates the State Board and Commission Salary and Health Benefit Revocation Act. Provides that a member of a board or commission shall not receive, for service on that board or commission, an annual salary or per diem totaling more than the $20,000. Provides that a member of a board or commission shall not receive any health benefits for service on a board or commission. Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning benefit revocation.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the State Board and Commission Salary and Health Benefit Revocation Act.

Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:

"Board or commission" means any body in the executive branch of State government that is charged with policy-making or licensing functions or with making recommendations regarding such functions to any authority in State government. The term also includes any body, regardless of its level of government, to which any constitutional officer in the executive branch of State government makes an appointment.

Section 10. Benefit Revocation.

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly, a member of a board or commission shall not receive, for service on that board or commission, an annual salary or per diem totaling more than the $20,000. This subsection (a) shall not be construed to authorize a member of a board or commission to receive an annual salary or per diem greater than that which is otherwise provided by law.

(b) Notwithstanding any other law, beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly, if a member of a board or commission is otherwise authorized by law to receive payment for expenses, then that member shall be entitled to payment of actual expenses incurred for service as a member of that board of commission.

(c) Notwithstanding any other law, beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly, a member of a board or commission shall not receive any health benefits for service on a board or commission.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.