Bill Text: IL HB3594 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Reinserts provisions of the introduced bill. Removes provisions that members may receive a salary (instead of shall receive a salary). Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-03-27 - Referred to Assignments [HB3594 Detail]

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3594 Introduced , by Rep. Mary E. Flowers SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
25 ILCS 115/1 from Ch. 63, par. 14
Amends the General Assembly Compensation Act. In provisions regarding salary, provides that members may receive a salary (instead of shall receive a salary). Provides that compensation to be paid may be paid either monthly or bi-monthly, depending on the members preference (instead of bi-monthly). 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 changing Section 1 as follows:
(25 ILCS 115/1) (from Ch. 63, par. 14)
Sec. 1. Each member of the General Assembly may shall
receive an annual salary of $28,000 or as set by the
Compensation Review Board, whichever is greater. Beginning
with the 103rd General Assembly, each member of the General
Assembly may shall receive an annual salary of $85,000 or as
set by the Compensation Review Board, whichever is greater.
The following named officers, committee chairmen and committee
minority spokesmen may shall receive additional amounts per
year for their services as such officers, committee chairmen
and committee minority spokesmen respectively, as set by the
Compensation Review Board or, as follows, whichever is
greater: Beginning the second Wednesday in January 1989, the
Speaker and the minority leader of the House of
Representatives and the President and the minority leader of
the Senate, $16,000 each; the majority leader in the House of
Representatives $13,500; 5 assistant majority leaders and 5
assistant minority leaders in the Senate, $12,000 each; 6

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assistant majority leaders and 6 assistant minority leaders in
the House of Representatives, $10,500 each; 2 Deputy Majority
leaders in the House of Representatives $11,500 each; and 2
Deputy Minority leaders in the House of Representatives,
$11,500 each; the majority caucus chairman and minority caucus
chairman in the Senate, $12,000 each; and beginning the second
Wednesday in January, 1989, the majority conference chairman
and the minority conference chairman in the House of
Representatives, $10,500 each; beginning the second Wednesday
in January, 1989, the chairman and minority spokesman of each
standing committee of the Senate, except the Rules Committee,
the Committee on Committees, and the Committee on Assignment
of Bills, $6,000 each; and beginning the second Wednesday in
January, 1989, the chairman and minority spokesman of each
standing and select committee of the House of Representatives,
$6,000 each; and beginning fiscal year 2020, the majority
leader in the Senate, an amount equal to the majority leader in
the House. For any General Assembly in which the majority
party in the House of Representatives has 71 or more elected
Representatives, the majority party shall have one additional
majority officer who shall have the title of speaker pro
tempore and who shall receive an amount equal to the majority
leader in the House and one majority officer who shall receive
an amount equal to an assistant majority leader in the House of
Representatives. For any General Assembly in which the
majority party in the Senate has 36 or more elected Senators,

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the majority party shall have one additional majority officer
who shall receive an amount equal to the majority leader in the
House and one majority officer who shall receive an amount
equal to an assistant majority leader in the Senate. A member
who serves in more than one position as an officer, committee
chairman, or committee minority spokesman shall receive only
one additional amount based on the position paying the highest
additional amount. Prior to the 103rd General Assembly, the
compensation provided for in this Section to be paid per year
to members of the General Assembly, including the additional
sums payable per year to officers of the General Assembly
shall be paid in 12 equal monthly installments. The first such
installment is payable on January 31, 1977. All subsequent
equal monthly installments are payable on the last working day
of the month. Prior to the 103rd General Assembly, a member who
has held office any part of a month is entitled to compensation
for an entire month.
Beginning with the 103rd General Assembly, the
compensation provided for in this Section 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 either monthly or bi-monthly, depending on the members
preference. Members who resign before completing the entire
term in office shall be compensated on a prorated basis.
Members completing the term of a vacancy shall be compensated
on a prorated basis.

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Mileage shall be paid at the rate of 20 cents per mile
before January 9, 1985, and at the mileage allowance rate in
effect under regulations promulgated pursuant to 5 U.S.C.
5707(b)(2) beginning January 9, 1985, for the number of actual
highway miles necessarily and conveniently traveled by the
most feasible route to be present upon convening of the
sessions of the General Assembly by such member in each and
every trip during each session in going to and returning from
the seat of government, to be computed by the Comptroller. A
member traveling by public transportation for such purposes,
however, shall be paid his actual cost of that transportation
instead of on the mileage rate if his cost of public
transportation exceeds the amount to which he would be
entitled on a mileage basis. No member may be paid, whether on
a mileage basis or for actual costs of public transportation,
for more than one such trip for each week the General Assembly
is actually in session. Each member shall also receive an
allowance of $36 per day for lodging and meals while in
attendance at sessions of the General Assembly before January
9, 1985; beginning January 9, 1985, such food and lodging
allowance shall be equal to the amount per day permitted to be
deducted for such expenses under the Internal Revenue Code;
however, beginning May 31, 1995, no allowance for food and
lodging while in attendance at sessions is authorized for
periods of time after the last day in May of each calendar
year, except (i) if the General Assembly is convened in

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special session by either the Governor or the presiding
officers of both houses, as provided by subsection (b) of
Section 5 of Article IV of the Illinois Constitution or (ii) if
the General Assembly is convened to consider bills vetoed,
item vetoed, reduced, or returned with specific
recommendations for change by the Governor as provided in
Section 9 of Article IV of the Illinois Constitution. For
fiscal year 2011 and for session days in fiscal years 2012,
2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019 only (i) the
allowance for lodging and meals is $111 per day and (ii)
mileage for automobile travel shall be reimbursed at a rate of
$0.39 per mile.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
contrary, beginning in fiscal year 2012, travel reimbursement
for General Assembly members on non-session days shall be
calculated using the guidelines set forth by the Legislative
Travel Control Board, except that fiscal year 2012, 2013,
2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019 mileage reimbursement
is set at a rate of $0.39 per mile.
If a member dies having received only a portion of the
amount payable as compensation, the unpaid balance shall be
paid to the surviving spouse of such member, or, if there be
none, to the estate of such member.
(Source: P.A. 101-10, eff. 6-5-19; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21;
102-664, eff. 1-1-22; 102-1115, eff. 1-9-23.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon

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becoming law.