Illinois Compiled Statutes
Chapter 25 - LEGISLATURE
25 ILCS 115/ - General Assembly Compensation Act.

(25 ILCS 115/0.01) (from Ch. 63, par. 13.9)
Sec. 0.01.
Short title.
This Act may be cited as the
General Assembly Compensation Act.

(Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(25 ILCS 115/1) (from Ch. 63, par. 14)
Sec. 1. Each member of the General Assembly 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 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
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 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, 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 bi-monthly. 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.
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
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.)

(25 ILCS 115/1.1) (from Ch. 63, par. 14.1)
Sec. 1.1.

For purposes of the computation of mileage to which a member
is entitled under this Act
and in all other instances where the determination of the residence of a
member is relevant, each member
of the General Assembly is deemed to be a resident of and to have his home
in the legislative district
which that member represents and from which that member has been elected
or appointed to serve in the
General Assembly.

(Source: P.A. 79-728.)

(25 ILCS 115/1.5)
Sec. 1.5. Fiscal year 2010 compensation. During the fiscal year beginning on July 1, 2009, every member of the General Assembly is required to forfeit 12 days of compensation. The State Comptroller shall deduct the equivalent of 1/261 of the annual compensation of each member from the compensation of that member in each month of the fiscal year. For purposes of this Section, annual compensation includes compensation paid to each member by the State for one year of service pursuant to Section 1, except any payments made for mileage and allowances for travel and meals. The forfeiture required by this Section is not considered a change in salary and shall not impact pension or other benefits provided to members of the General Assembly.

(Source: P.A. 96-45, eff. 7-15-09.)

(25 ILCS 115/1.6)
Sec. 1.6. FY11 furlough days. During the first 6 months of the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2010, every member of the 96th General Assembly is mandatorily required to forfeit 6 days of compensation. The State Comptroller shall deduct the equivalent of 1/261st of the annual salary of each member of the 96th General Assembly from the compensation of that member in each of the first 6 months of the fiscal year. During the second 6 months of the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2010, every member of the 97th General Assembly is mandatorily required to forfeit 6 days of compensation. The State Comptroller shall deduct the equivalent of 1/261st of the annual salary of each member of the 97th General Assembly from the compensation of that member in each of the second 6 months of the fiscal year. For purposes of this Section, annual compensation includes compensation paid to each member by the State for one year of service pursuant to Section 1, except any payments made for mileage and allowances for travel and meals. The forfeiture required by this Section is not considered a change in salary and shall not impact pension or other benefits provided to members of the General Assembly.

(Source: P.A. 96-958, eff. 7-1-10.)

(25 ILCS 115/1.7)
Sec. 1.7. FY12 furlough days. During each month of the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2011, every member of the 97th General Assembly is mandatorily required to forfeit one day of compensation. The State Comptroller shall deduct the equivalent of 1/261st of the annual salary of each member of the 97th General Assembly from the compensation of that member in each month of the fiscal year. For purposes of this Section, annual compensation includes compensation paid to each member by the State for one year of service pursuant to Section 1, except any payments made for mileage and allowances for travel and meals. The forfeiture required by this Section is not considered a change in salary and shall not impact pension or other benefits provided to members of the General Assembly.

(Source: P.A. 97-71, eff. 6-30-11.)

(25 ILCS 115/1.8)
Sec. 1.8. FY13 furlough days. During the first 6 months of
the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2012, every member of the
97th General Assembly is mandatorily required to forfeit one
day of compensation. The State Comptroller shall deduct the
equivalent of 1/261st of the annual salary of each member of
the 97th General Assembly from the compensation of that member
in each of the first 6 months of the fiscal year. During the
second 6 months of the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2012,
every member of the 98th General Assembly is mandatorily
required to forfeit one day of compensation. The State
Comptroller shall deduct the equivalent of 1/261st of the
annual salary of each member of the 98th General Assembly from
the compensation of that member in each of the second 6 months
of the fiscal year. For purposes of this Section, annual
compensation includes compensation paid to each member by the
State for one year of service pursuant to Section 1, except any
payments made for mileage and allowances for travel and meals. The forfeiture required by this Section is not considered a
change in salary and shall not impact pension or other benefits
provided to members of the General Assembly.

(Source: P.A. 97-718, eff. 6-29-12.)

(25 ILCS 115/1.9)
Sec. 1.9. FY14 furlough days. During each month of the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013, every member of the 98th General Assembly is mandatorily required to forfeit one day of compensation. The State Comptroller shall deduct the equivalent of 1/261st of the annual salary of each member of the 98th General Assembly from the compensation of that member in each month of the fiscal year. For purposes of this Section, annual compensation includes compensation paid to each member by the State for one year of service pursuant to Section 1, except any payments made for mileage and allowances for travel and meals. The forfeiture required by this Section is not considered a change in salary and shall not impact pension or other benefits provided to members of the General Assembly.

(Source: P.A. 98-30, eff. 6-24-13.)

(25 ILCS 115/2) (from Ch. 63, par. 15)
Sec. 2.

Such portion of the pay, allowances and mileage allowed to each member
of the General Assembly shall be certified to by the President of the
Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives and entered upon the
journals and published at the close of each session.

(Source: P.A. 77-2nd SS-3.)

(25 ILCS 115/4) (from Ch. 63, par. 15.1)
Sec. 4. Office allowance. Beginning July 1, 2001 and through July 1, 2020, each member
of the House
of Representatives is authorized to approve the expenditure of not more than
$61,000 per year and each member of the
Senate is authorized to approve the
expenditure of not more than $73,000 per
year to pay for "personal services",
"contractual services", "commodities", "printing", "travel",
"operation of automotive equipment", "telecommunications services", as
defined in the State Finance Act, and the compensation of one or more
legislative assistants authorized pursuant to this Section, in connection
with his or her legislative duties and not in connection with any political
campaign.
On July 1, 2002 and on July 1 of each year thereafter, the amount authorized
per year under this Section for each member of the Senate and each member of
the House of Representatives shall be increased by a percentage increase
equivalent to the lesser of (i) the increase in the designated cost of living
index or (ii) 5%. The designated cost of living index is the index known as
the "Employment Cost Index, Wages and Salaries, By
Occupation and Industry Groups: State and Local Government Workers: Public
Administration" as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S.
Department of Labor for the calendar year immediately preceding the year of the
respective July 1st increase date. The increase shall be added to the then
current amount, and the adjusted amount so determined shall be the annual
amount beginning July 1 of the increase year until July 1 of the next year. No
increase under this provision shall be less than zero.
Beginning July 1, 2021, each member of the House of Representatives is authorized to approve the expenditure of not more than $179,000 per year and each member of the Senate is authorized to approve the expenditure of not more than $214,000 per year to pay for "personal services", "contractual services", "commodities", "printing", "travel", "operation of automotive equipment", "telecommunications services", as defined in the State Finance Act, and the compensation of one or more legislative assistants authorized pursuant to this Section, in connection with his or her legislative duties and not in connection with any political campaign. On July 1, 2022 and on July 1 of each year thereafter, the amount authorized per year under this Section for each member of the Senate and each member of the House of Representatives shall be increased by a percentage increase equivalent to the lesser of (i) the increase in the designated cost of living index or (ii) 5%. The designated cost of living index is the index known as the "Employment Cost Index, Wages and Salaries, By Occupation and Industry Groups: State and Local Government Workers: Public Administration" as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor for the calendar year immediately preceding the year of the respective July 1st increase date. The increase shall be added to the then current amount, and the adjusted amount so determined shall be the annual amount beginning July 1 of the increase year until July 1 of the next year. No increase under this provision shall be less than zero.
A member may purchase office equipment if the member certifies
to the Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk of the House, as applicable,
that the purchase price, whether paid in lump sum or installments, amounts
to less than would be charged for renting or leasing the equipment over
its anticipated useful life. All such equipment must be purchased through
the Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk of the House, as applicable, for
proper identification and verification of purchase.
Each member of the General Assembly is authorized to employ one or more
legislative assistants, who shall be solely under the direction and control
of that member, for the purpose of assisting the member in the performance
of his or her official duties. A legislative assistant may be employed
pursuant to this Section as a full-time employee, part-time employee, or
contractual employee, at
the discretion of the member. If employed as a State employee, a
legislative assistant shall receive employment benefits on the same terms
and conditions that apply to other employees of the General Assembly.
Each member shall adopt and implement personnel policies
for legislative assistants under his or her direction and
control relating to work time requirements, documentation for reimbursement for
travel on official State business, compensation, and the earning and accrual of
State benefits for those legislative assistants who may be eligible to receive
those benefits.
The policies shall also require legislative assistants to
periodically submit time sheets documenting, in quarter-hour increments, the
time
spent each day on official State business.
The
policies shall require the time sheets to be submitted on paper,
electronically, or both and to be maintained in either paper or electronic
format by the applicable fiscal office
for a period of at least 2 years.
Contractual employees may satisfy
the time sheets requirement by complying with the terms of their contract,
which shall provide for a means of compliance with this requirement.
A member may
satisfy the requirements of this paragraph by adopting and implementing the
personnel policies promulgated by that
member's legislative leader under the State Officials and Employees Ethics
Act
with respect to that member's legislative
assistants.
As used in this Section the term "personal services" shall include
contributions of the State under the Federal Insurance Contribution Act and
under Article 14 of the Illinois Pension Code. As used in this Section the
term "contractual services" shall not include improvements to real property
unless those improvements are the obligation of the lessee under the lease
agreement. Beginning July 1, 1989, as used in the Section, the term "travel"
shall be limited to travel in connection with a member's legislative duties and
not in connection with any political campaign. Beginning on the effective
date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, as
used
in this Section, the term "printing" includes, but is not limited to,
newsletters,
brochures, certificates,
congratulatory
mailings,
greeting or welcome messages, anniversary or
birthday cards, and congratulations for prominent achievement cards. As used
in this Section, the term "printing" includes fees for non-substantive
resolutions charged by the Clerk of the House of Representatives under
subsection (c-5) of Section 1 of the Legislative Materials Act.
No newsletter or brochure that is paid for, in whole or in part, with
funds
provided under this Section may be printed or mailed during a period
beginning February 1 of the year of a general primary
election, except that in 2022 the period shall begin on May 15, 2022, and ending the day after the general primary election and during a
period beginning September 1 of the year of a general election and ending the
day after the general election, except that such a newsletter or brochure may
be mailed during
those times if it is mailed to a constituent in response to that constituent's
inquiry concerning the needs of that constituent or questions raised by that
constituent.
The printing or mailing of any newsletter or brochure paid for, in whole or in part, with funds under this Section between February 1, 2022 and the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly shall not be considered a violation of this Section. Nothing in
this Section shall be construed to authorize expenditures for lodging and meals
while a member is in attendance at sessions of the General Assembly.
Any utility bill for service provided to a member's district office for
a period including portions of 2 consecutive fiscal years may be paid from
funds appropriated for such expenditure in either fiscal year.
If a vacancy occurs in the office of Senator or Representative in the General
Assembly, any office equipment in the possession of the vacating member
shall transfer to the member's successor; if the successor does not want
such equipment, it shall be transferred to the Secretary of the Senate or
Clerk of the House of Representatives, as the case may be, and if not
wanted by other members of the General Assembly then to the Department of
Central Management Services for treatment as surplus property under the
State Property Control Act. Each member, on or before June 30th of each
year, shall conduct an inventory of all equipment purchased pursuant to
this Act. Such inventory shall be filed with the Secretary of the Senate
or the Clerk of the House, as the case may be. Whenever a vacancy occurs,
the Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk of the House, as the case may be,
shall conduct an inventory of equipment purchased.
In the event that a member leaves office during his or her term, any
unexpended or unobligated portion of the allowance granted under this Section
shall lapse. The vacating member's successor shall be granted an allowance
in an amount, rounded to the nearest dollar, computed by dividing the annual
allowance by 365 and multiplying the quotient by the number of days remaining
in the fiscal year.
From any appropriation for the purposes of this Section for a
fiscal year which overlaps 2 General Assemblies, no more than 1/2 of the
annual allowance per member may be spent or encumbered by any member of
either the outgoing or incoming General Assembly, except that any member
of the incoming General Assembly who was a member of the outgoing General
Assembly may encumber or spend any portion of his annual allowance within
the fiscal year.
The appropriation for the annual allowances permitted by this Section
shall be included in an appropriation to the President of the Senate and to
the Speaker of the House of Representatives for their respective members.
The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House shall voucher for
payment individual members' expenditures from their annual office
allowances to the State Comptroller, subject to the authority of the
Comptroller under Section 9 of the State Comptroller Act.
Nothing in this Section prohibits the expenditure of personal funds or the funds of a political committee controlled by an officeholder to defray the customary and reasonable expenses of an officeholder in connection with the performance of governmental and public service functions.
(Source: P.A. 102-16, eff. 6-17-21; 102-699, eff. 4-19-22.)

(25 ILCS 115/4.1) (from Ch. 63, par. 15.2)
Sec. 4.1.
Payment techniques and procedures shall be according
to rules made by the Senate Committee on Assignment of Bills or the Rules Committee of the House,
as the case may be.

(Source: P.A. 98-692, eff. 7-1-14.)

(25 ILCS 115/4.2) (from Ch. 63, par. 15.3)
Sec. 4.2.

No authorization by any member of the General Assembly
shall be made for any person who is the spouse, parent, grandparent, child, grandchild,
aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, brother, sister, first cousin, brother-in-law,
sister-in-law,
mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, or daughter-in-law of the member
authorizing payment.

(Source: P.A. 79-806; 79-1023; 79-1454.)

(25 ILCS 115/5)
Sec. 5. Prohibition on sexual harassment payoffs. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no public funds, including, but not limited to, funds appropriated for office allowances under Section 4, shall be paid to any person in exchange for his or her silence or inaction related to an allegation or investigation of sexual harassment, as defined in Section 5-65 of the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, committed or allegedly committed by a member of the General Assembly.

(Source: P.A. 100-748, eff. 8-10-18.)