Bill Text: IL HB3911 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the General Assembly Compensation Act. Provides that any increase in the salary of General Assembly members shall require a vote of three-fifths of the members elected to each house. Amends the Compensation Review Act. Provides that the annual increase in salary for members of the General Assembly based upon a cost of living adjustment shall no longer be in effect.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB3911 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB3911-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 HB3911 Introduced , by Rep. Sue Scherer SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
25 ILCS 115/5 new
25 ILCS 120/7 new
Amends the General Assembly Compensation Act. Provides that any increase in the salary of General Assembly members shall require a vote of three-fifths of the members elected to each house. Amends the Compensation Review Act. Provides that the annual increase in salary for members of the General Assembly based upon a cost of living adjustment shall no longer be in effect.
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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 5 as follows:
(25 ILCS 115/5 new)
Sec. 5. Salary increase vote. Any increase in the salary of
General Assembly members shall require a vote of three-fifths
of the members elected to each house.
Section 10. The Compensation Review Act is amended by
adding Section 7 as follows:
(25 ILCS 120/7 new)
Sec. 7. Discontinuation of annual salary increase. The
annual increase in salary for members of the General Assembly
based upon a cost of living adjustment, as authorized by
motions 15 and 16 of the report of the former Compensation
Review Board, dated April 25, 1990, as adopted by Senate Joint
Resolution 192 of the 86th General Assembly, shall no longer be
in effect. Any increase in the salary of General Assembly
members on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act
of the 100th General Assembly shall be provided by a vote of

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the General Assembly as required under Section 5 of the General
Assembly Compensation Act.