Bill Text: IL HB0491 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the General Assembly Compensation Act. Provides that beginning in Fiscal Year 2016, if the State has not cut the backlog of unpaid bills by 10% by the end of the fiscal year, salaries of the members of the General Assembly shall be cut by 10% for the following fiscal year. Further provides that the percentage by which the backlog of unpaid bills has decreased or increased at the end of the fiscal year shall be certified by the State Comptroller. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-01-30 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB0491 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-HB0491-Introduced.html

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016 HB0491 Introduced , by Rep. C.D. Davidsmeyer SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
25 ILCS 115/1.10 new
Provides that beginning in Fiscal Year 2016, if the State has not cut the backlog of unpaid bills by 10% by the end of the fiscal year, salaries of the members of the General Assembly shall be cut by 10% for the following fiscal year. Further provides that the percentage by which the backlog of unpaid bills has decreased or increased at the end of the fiscal year shall be certified by the State Comptroller. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The General Assembly Compensation Act is amended
by adding Section 1.10 as follows:
(25 ILCS 115/1.10 new)
Sec. 1.10. Backlog of bills. Notwithstanding any other law,
beginning in Fiscal Year 2016, if the State has not cut the
backlog of unpaid bills by 10% by the end of the fiscal year,
salaries of the members of the General Assembly shall be cut by
10% for the following fiscal year. The percentage by which the
backlog of unpaid bills has decreased or increased at the end
of the fiscal year shall be certified by the State Comptroller.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.