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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 shall receive
8 an annual salary of $28,000 or as set by the Compensation
9 Review Board, whichever is greater. Beginning with the 103rd
10 General Assembly, each member of the General Assembly shall
11 receive an annual salary of $85,000 or as set by the
12 Compensation Review Board, whichever is greater. The following
13 named officers, committee chairmen and committee minority
14 spokesmen shall receive additional amounts per year for their
15 services as such officers, committee chairmen and committee
16 minority spokesmen respectively, as set by the Compensation
17 Review Board or, as follows, whichever is greater: Beginning
18 the second Wednesday in January 1989, the Speaker and the
19 minority leader of the House of Representatives and the
20 President and the minority leader of the Senate, $16,000 each;
21 the majority leader in the House of Representatives $13,500; 5
22 assistant majority leaders and 5 assistant minority leaders in
23 the Senate, $12,000 each; 6 assistant majority leaders and 6
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1 assistant minority leaders in the House of Representatives,
2 $10,500 each; 2 Deputy Majority leaders in the House of
3 Representatives $11,500 each; and 2 Deputy Minority leaders in
4 the House of Representatives, $11,500 each; the majority
5 caucus chairman and minority caucus chairman in the Senate,
6 $12,000 each; and beginning the second Wednesday in January,
7 1989, the majority conference chairman and the minority
8 conference chairman in the House of Representatives, $10,500
9 each; beginning the second Wednesday in January, 1989, the
10 chairman and minority spokesman of each standing committee of
11 the Senate, except the Rules Committee, the Committee on
12 Committees, and the Committee on Assignment of Bills, $6,000
13 each; and beginning the second Wednesday in January, 1989, the
14 chairman and minority spokesman of each standing and select
15 committee of the House of Representatives, $6,000 each; and
16 beginning fiscal year 2020, the majority leader in the Senate,
17 an amount equal to the majority leader in the House. For any
18 General Assembly in which the majority party in the House of
19 Representatives has 71 or more elected Representatives, the
20 majority party shall have one additional majority officer who
21 shall have the title of speaker pro tempore and who shall
22 receive an amount equal to the majority leader in the House and
23 one majority officer who shall receive an amount equal to an
24 assistant majority leader in the House of Representatives. For
25 any General Assembly in which the majority party in the Senate
26 has 36 or more elected Senators, the majority party shall have
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1 one additional majority officer who shall receive an amount
2 equal to the majority leader in the House and one majority
3 officer who shall receive an amount equal to an assistant
4 majority leader in the Senate. A member who serves in more than
5 one position as an officer, committee chairman, or committee
6 minority spokesman shall receive only one additional amount
7 based on the position paying the highest additional amount.
8 Prior to the 103rd General Assembly, the compensation provided
9 for in this Section to be paid per year to members of the
10 General Assembly, including the additional sums payable per
11 year to officers of the General Assembly shall be paid in 12
12 equal monthly installments. The first such installment is
13 payable on January 31, 1977. All subsequent equal monthly
14 installments are payable on the last working day of the month.
15 Prior to the 103rd General Assembly, a member who has held
16 office any part of a month is entitled to compensation for an
17 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 member's
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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