2005 Illinois Code - Chapter 25 Legislature 25 ILCS 120/ Compensation Review Act.
(25 ILCS 120/1) (from Ch. 63, par. 901)
Sec. 1.
This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Compensation Review Act".
(Source: P.A. 83‑1177.)
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(25 ILCS 120/2) (from Ch. 63, par. 902)
Sec. 2. There is created the Compensation Review Board, hereinafter referred
to as the Board, as an independent commission within the legislative branch of State government.
The Board shall consist of l2 members, appointed 3 each by the Speaker
of the House of Representatives, the Minority Leader thereof, the President
of the Senate, and the Minority Leader thereof. Members shall be adults
and be residents of Illinois. Members may not be members or employees or
former members or employees of the judicial, executive or legislative branches
of State government; nor may members be persons registered under the Lobbyist
Registration Act. Any member may be reappointed for a consecutive term. The
respective appointing legislative leader may remove any such appointed
member prior to the expiration of his term on the Board for official
misconduct, incompetence or neglect of duty.
Members shall serve without compensation but shall receive an allowance
for living expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties in
an amount per day equal to the amount permitted to be deducted for such
expenses by members of the General Assembly under the federal Internal
Revenue Code, as now or hereafter amended. The rate for reimbursement of
mileage expenses shall be equal to the amount established from time to time
for members of the General Assembly.
The Board may, without regard to the
Personnel Code, employ and fix the compensation or remuneration of
employees and contract for personal and professional services as it considers necessary or desirable. The General Assembly
shall appropriate to the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability
the funds necessary to operate the Board, and the Commission shall prepare and submit vouchers on behalf of the Board and provide other fiscal services to the Board as the Board requests and directs; but the Commission shall not exercise any authority or control over the Board or its employees or contractors.
(Source: P.A. 94‑839, eff. 6‑6‑06.)
(25 ILCS 120/3) (from Ch. 63, par. 903)
Sec. 3.
As soon as possible after the effective date of this Act, the
Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Minority Leader thereof, the
President of the Senate, and the Minority Leader thereof, shall each
appoint to the Board one member to serve a term not exceeding one year, one
member to serve a term not exceeding 2 years, and one member to serve a
term not exceeding 3 years, with such respective appointed member's term
expiring on June 30 of the appropriate year, or until their successors are
appointed and qualified. Upon the expiration of each of the foregoing
terms, the successors of such members shall serve a term for 3 years,
expiring on June 30 of the appropriate year, or until their successors are
appointed and qualified. A vacancy shall be filled by the respective
legislative leader and shall be for the unexpired term. Members shall
select one of their number as chairman who shall serve as chairman for 2 years.
(Source: P.A. 83‑1177.)
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(25 ILCS 120/4) (from Ch. 63, par. 904)
Sec. 4.
Meetings of the Board; determining compensation; public hearings;
reports. The Board shall meet as often as may be necessary and shall
determine, upon a vote requiring
at least 7 affirmative votes, the compensation for members of
the General Assembly, judges, other than the county supplement,
State's attorneys, other than the county supplement, the elected
constitutional officers of State government, and
certain appointed officers of State government.
In determining the compensation for each office, the Compensation
Review Board shall consider the following factors:
(a) the skill required,
(b) the time required,
(c) the opportunity for other earned income,
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(e) the value of such services as performed in the
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private sector in Illinois and comparable states based on the responsibility and discretion required in the office,
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(f) the average consumer prices commonly known as
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(g) the overall compensation presently received by
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the public officials and all other benefits received,
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(h) the interests and welfare of the public and the
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financial ability of the State to meet those costs, and
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(i) such other factors, not confined to the
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foregoing, which are normally or traditionally taken into consideration in the determination of such compensation.
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The Board shall conduct public hearings prior to filing its
report.
At the public hearings, the Board shall allow interested persons to present
their views and comments. The Board may prescribe reasonable rules for
the conduct of public hearings, to prevent undue repetition. The meetings
of the Board are subject to the Open Meetings Act.
The Board shall file an initial report with the House of Representatives,
the Senate, the Comptroller and the Secretary of State. Subsequent reports
shall be filed therewith before April 1 in each even‑numbered
year thereafter stating the annual salary for members of the General Assembly,
the elected State constitutional officers and certain appointed State officers
and compensated employees and members of certain State departments, agencies,
boards and commissions whose terms begin in the next calendar year; the annual
salary for State's attorneys; and the annual salary for the Auditor General and
for Supreme Court, Appellate Court, Circuit Court and Associate judges. If the
report increases the annual salary of judges, State's attorneys, and the
Auditor General, such increase shall take effect as soon as the time period
for disapproval or reduction, as provided in subsection (b) of Section 5, has
expired.
The salaries in the report or as reduced by the General Assembly, other
than for judges, State's attorneys, and the Auditor General, shall take
effect as provided by law.
(Source: P.A. 90‑375, eff. 8‑14‑97; 91‑798, eff. 7‑9‑00.)
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(25 ILCS 120/5) (from Ch. 63, par. 905)
Sec. 5.
(a) If the Board fails to recommend a change in salary or the
General Assembly disapproves the report as provided in subsection (b), and a
new term for any officer provided for in this Act begins, the salary for
the new term shall be the same as the salary in effect when the previous term ended.
(b) The General Assembly may disapprove the report of the Board in
whole, or reduce it in whole proportionately, within 30 session days after each
house of the legislature next convenes after the report is filed, by
adoption of a resolution by a record vote of the majority of the members
elected in each house directed to the Board. Such resolution shall be
binding upon the Board.
For the initial report filed by the Board after this Act takes effect,
the General Assembly may, by January 9,
1985, disapprove the report of the Board in whole, or reduce it in whole
proportionately, after the report is filed, by the adoption of a resolution
by a record vote of the majority of the members.
(Source: P.A. 83‑1177.)
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(25 ILCS 120/5.5)
Sec. 5.5.
FY03 COLA's prohibited.
Notwithstanding any provision of this
Act, any other law, or any
resolution of the General Assembly to the contrary,
members of the General
Assembly, judges, other than the county supplement, State's attorneys, other
than the county supplement, the elected constitutional officers of State
government, and certain appointed officers of State government, including
members of State departments, agencies, boards, and commissions whose annual
compensation is determined by the Board, are prohibited from receiving and
shall not receive any
increase in compensation based on a cost of living adjustment, as authorized by
Senate Joint Resolution 192 of the
86th General Assembly, for or during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2002.
(Source: P.A. 92‑607, eff. 6‑28‑02.)
(25 ILCS 120/6) (from Ch. 63, par. 906)
Sec. 6.
The General Assembly shall appropriate the funds necessary to
pay the salaries set by the Board.
(Source: P.A. 83‑1177.)
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