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. LRB103 25350 DTM 51695 b A BILL FOR 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 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. LRB103 25350 DTM 51695 b LRB103 25350 DTM 51695 b A BILL FOR
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3594 Introduced , by Rep. Mary E. Flowers SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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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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1 AN ACT concerning State government.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The General Assembly Compensation Act is
5 amended 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 may shall
8 receive an annual salary of $28,000 or as set by the
9 Compensation Review Board, whichever is greater. Beginning
10 with the 103rd General Assembly, each member of the General
11 Assembly may shall receive an annual salary of $85,000 or as
12 set by the Compensation Review Board, whichever is greater.
13 The following named officers, committee chairmen and committee
14 minority spokesmen may shall receive additional amounts per
15 year for their services as such officers, committee chairmen
16 and committee minority spokesmen respectively, as set by the
17 Compensation Review Board or, as follows, whichever is
18 greater: Beginning the second Wednesday in January 1989, the
19 Speaker and the minority leader of the House of
20 Representatives and the President and the minority leader of
21 the Senate, $16,000 each; the majority leader in the House of
22 Representatives $13,500; 5 assistant majority leaders and 5
23 assistant minority leaders in the Senate, $12,000 each; 6
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3594 Introduced , by Rep. Mary E. Flowers SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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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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1 assistant majority leaders and 6 assistant minority leaders in
2 the House of Representatives, $10,500 each; 2 Deputy Majority
3 leaders in the House of Representatives $11,500 each; and 2
4 Deputy Minority leaders in the House of Representatives,
5 $11,500 each; the majority caucus chairman and minority caucus
6 chairman in the Senate, $12,000 each; and beginning the second
7 Wednesday in January, 1989, the majority conference chairman
8 and the minority conference chairman in the House of
9 Representatives, $10,500 each; beginning the second Wednesday
10 in January, 1989, the chairman and minority spokesman of each
11 standing committee of the Senate, except the Rules Committee,
12 the Committee on Committees, and the Committee on Assignment
13 of Bills, $6,000 each; and beginning the second Wednesday in
14 January, 1989, the chairman and minority spokesman of each
15 standing and select committee of the House of Representatives,
16 $6,000 each; and beginning fiscal year 2020, the majority
17 leader in the Senate, an amount equal to the majority leader in
18 the House. For any General Assembly in which the majority
19 party in the House of Representatives has 71 or more elected
20 Representatives, the majority party shall have one additional
21 majority officer who shall have the title of speaker pro
22 tempore and who shall receive an amount equal to the majority
23 leader in the House and one majority officer who shall receive
24 an amount equal to an assistant majority leader in the House of
25 Representatives. For any General Assembly in which the
26 majority party in the Senate has 36 or more elected Senators,
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1 the majority party shall have one additional majority officer
2 who shall receive an amount equal to the majority leader in the
3 House and one majority officer who shall receive an amount
4 equal to an assistant majority leader in the Senate. A member
5 who serves in more than one position as an officer, committee
6 chairman, or committee minority spokesman shall receive only
7 one additional amount based on the position paying the highest
8 additional amount. Prior to the 103rd General Assembly, the
9 compensation provided for in this Section to be paid per year
10 to members of the General Assembly, including the additional
11 sums payable per year to officers of the General Assembly
12 shall be paid in 12 equal monthly installments. The first such
13 installment is payable on January 31, 1977. All subsequent
14 equal monthly installments are payable on the last working day
15 of the month. Prior to the 103rd General Assembly, a member who
16 has held office any part of a month is entitled to compensation
17 for an entire month.
18 Beginning with the 103rd General Assembly, the
19 compensation provided for in this Section to be paid per year
20 to members of the General Assembly, including additional sums
21 payable per year to officers of the General Assembly, shall be
22 paid either monthly or bi-monthly, depending on the members
23 preference. Members who resign before completing the entire
24 term in office shall be compensated on a prorated basis.
25 Members completing the term of a vacancy shall be compensated
26 on a prorated basis.
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1 Mileage shall be paid at the rate of 20 cents per mile
2 before January 9, 1985, and at the mileage allowance rate in
3 effect under regulations promulgated pursuant to 5 U.S.C.
4 5707(b)(2) beginning January 9, 1985, for the number of actual
5 highway miles necessarily and conveniently traveled by the
6 most feasible route to be present upon convening of the
7 sessions of the General Assembly by such member in each and
8 every trip during each session in going to and returning from
9 the seat of government, to be computed by the Comptroller. A
10 member traveling by public transportation for such purposes,
11 however, shall be paid his actual cost of that transportation
12 instead of on the mileage rate if his cost of public
13 transportation exceeds the amount to which he would be
14 entitled on a mileage basis. No member may be paid, whether on
15 a mileage basis or for actual costs of public transportation,
16 for more than one such trip for each week the General Assembly
17 is actually in session. Each member shall also receive an
18 allowance of $36 per day for lodging and meals while in
19 attendance at sessions of the General Assembly before January
20 9, 1985; beginning January 9, 1985, such food and lodging
21 allowance shall be equal to the amount per day permitted to be
22 deducted for such expenses under the Internal Revenue Code;
23 however, beginning May 31, 1995, no allowance for food and
24 lodging while in attendance at sessions is authorized for
25 periods of time after the last day in May of each calendar
26 year, except (i) if the General Assembly is convened in
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1 special session by either the Governor or the presiding
2 officers of both houses, as provided by subsection (b) of
3 Section 5 of Article IV of the Illinois Constitution or (ii) if
4 the General Assembly is convened to consider bills vetoed,
5 item vetoed, reduced, or returned with specific
6 recommendations for change by the Governor as provided in
7 Section 9 of Article IV of the Illinois Constitution. For
8 fiscal year 2011 and for session days in fiscal years 2012,
9 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019 only (i) the
10 allowance for lodging and meals is $111 per day and (ii)
11 mileage for automobile travel shall be reimbursed at a rate of
12 $0.39 per mile.
13 Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
14 contrary, beginning in fiscal year 2012, travel reimbursement
15 for General Assembly members on non-session days shall be
16 calculated using the guidelines set forth by the Legislative
17 Travel Control Board, except that fiscal year 2012, 2013,
18 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019 mileage reimbursement
19 is set at a rate of $0.39 per mile.
20 If a member dies having received only a portion of the
21 amount payable as compensation, the unpaid balance shall be
22 paid to the surviving spouse of such member, or, if there be
23 none, to the estate of such member.
24 (Source: P.A. 101-10, eff. 6-5-19; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21;
25 102-664, eff. 1-1-22; 102-1115, eff. 1-9-23.)
26 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
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1 becoming law.
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