HB3104 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

  
  

 


 
102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB3104

 

Introduced 2/19/2021, by Rep. Katie Stuart

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
25 ILCS 115/1  from Ch. 63, par. 14

    Amends the General Assembly Compensation Act. Provides that beginning with the first payroll of the 103rd General Assembly, the compensation to be paid per year to members of the General Assembly, including additional sums payable per year to officers of the General Assembly, shall be paid at least monthly or may be paid semi-monthly at a member's request as agreed to by the Comptroller. Provides that members who resign before completing the entire term in office shall be compensated on a prorated basis. Provides that members completing the term of a vacancy shall be compensated on a prorated basis. Makes conforming changes.


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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 General Assembly Compensation Act is
5amended by changing Section 1 as follows:
 
6    (25 ILCS 115/1)  (from Ch. 63, par. 14)
7    Sec. 1. Each member of the General Assembly shall receive
8an annual salary of $28,000 or as set by the Compensation
9Review Board, whichever is greater. The following named
10officers, committee chairmen and committee minority spokesmen
11shall receive additional amounts per year for their services
12as such officers, committee chairmen and committee minority
13spokesmen respectively, as set by the Compensation Review
14Board or, as follows, whichever is greater: Beginning the
15second Wednesday in January 1989, the Speaker and the minority
16leader of the House of Representatives and the President and
17the minority leader of the Senate, $16,000 each; the majority
18leader in the House of Representatives $13,500; 5 assistant
19majority leaders and 5 assistant minority leaders in the
20Senate, $12,000 each; 6 assistant majority leaders and 6
21assistant minority leaders in the House of Representatives,
22$10,500 each; 2 Deputy Majority leaders in the House of
23Representatives $11,500 each; and 2 Deputy Minority leaders in

 

 

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1the House of Representatives, $11,500 each; the majority
2caucus chairman and minority caucus chairman in the Senate,
3$12,000 each; and beginning the second Wednesday in January,
41989, the majority conference chairman and the minority
5conference chairman in the House of Representatives, $10,500
6each; beginning the second Wednesday in January, 1989, the
7chairman and minority spokesman of each standing committee of
8the Senate, except the Rules Committee, the Committee on
9Committees, and the Committee on Assignment of Bills, $6,000
10each; and beginning the second Wednesday in January, 1989, the
11chairman and minority spokesman of each standing and select
12committee of the House of Representatives, $6,000 each; and
13beginning fiscal year 2020, the majority leader in the Senate,
14an amount equal to the majority leader in the House. A member
15who serves in more than one position as an officer, committee
16chairman, or committee minority spokesman shall receive only
17one additional amount based on the position paying the highest
18additional amount. The compensation provided for in this
19Section to be paid per year to members of the General Assembly,
20including the additional sums payable per year to officers of
21the General Assembly shall be paid in 12 equal monthly
22installments until December 31, 2022. Beginning with the first
23payroll of the 103rd General Assembly, the compensation
24provided for in this Section to be paid per year to members of
25the General Assembly, including additional sums payable per
26year to officers of the General Assembly, shall be paid at

 

 

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1least monthly or may be paid semi-monthly at a member's
2request as agreed to by the Comptroller. Members who resign
3before completing the entire term in office shall be
4compensated on a prorated basis. Members completing the term
5of a vacancy shall be compensated on a prorated basis. The
6first such installment is payable on January 31, 1977. All
7subsequent equal monthly installments are payable on the last
8working day of the month. A member who has held office any part
9of a month is entitled to compensation for an entire month.
10    Mileage shall be paid at the rate of 20 cents per mile
11before January 9, 1985, and at the mileage allowance rate in
12effect under regulations promulgated pursuant to 5 U.S.C.
135707(b)(2) beginning January 9, 1985, for the number of actual
14highway miles necessarily and conveniently traveled by the
15most feasible route to be present upon convening of the
16sessions of the General Assembly by such member in each and
17every trip during each session in going to and returning from
18the seat of government, to be computed by the Comptroller. A
19member traveling by public transportation for such purposes,
20however, shall be paid his actual cost of that transportation
21instead of on the mileage rate if his cost of public
22transportation exceeds the amount to which he would be
23entitled on a mileage basis. No member may be paid, whether on
24a mileage basis or for actual costs of public transportation,
25for more than one such trip for each week the General Assembly
26is actually in session. Each member shall also receive an

 

 

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1allowance of $36 per day for lodging and meals while in
2attendance at sessions of the General Assembly before January
39, 1985; beginning January 9, 1985, such food and lodging
4allowance shall be equal to the amount per day permitted to be
5deducted for such expenses under the Internal Revenue Code;
6however, beginning May 31, 1995, no allowance for food and
7lodging while in attendance at sessions is authorized for
8periods of time after the last day in May of each calendar
9year, except (i) if the General Assembly is convened in
10special session by either the Governor or the presiding
11officers of both houses, as provided by subsection (b) of
12Section 5 of Article IV of the Illinois Constitution or (ii) if
13the General Assembly is convened to consider bills vetoed,
14item vetoed, reduced, or returned with specific
15recommendations for change by the Governor as provided in
16Section 9 of Article IV of the Illinois Constitution. For
17fiscal year 2011 and for session days in fiscal years 2012,
182013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019 only (i) the
19allowance for lodging and meals is $111 per day and (ii)
20mileage for automobile travel shall be reimbursed at a rate of
21$0.39 per mile.
22    Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
23contrary, beginning in fiscal year 2012, travel reimbursement
24for General Assembly members on non-session days shall be
25calculated using the guidelines set forth by the Legislative
26Travel Control Board, except that fiscal year 2012, 2013,

 

 

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12014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019 mileage reimbursement
2is set at a rate of $0.39 per mile.
3    If a member dies having received only a portion of the
4amount payable as compensation, the unpaid balance shall be
5paid to the surviving spouse of such member, or, if there be
6none, to the estate of such member.
7(Source: P.A. 100-25, eff. 7-26-17; 100-587, eff. 6-4-18;
8101-10, eff. 6-5-19; revised 7-17-19.)