Topinka: Court has ruled, paycheck processing to begin
Comptroller instructs staff to process payments for lawmakers
CHICAGO, IL – Illinois Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka made the following statement Thursday in response to the Court’s ruling to restore compensation for lawmakers:
“In light of today’s Court ruling, I have instructed my staff to begin processing salary payments for Illinois lawmakers. I have consistently said action was required by the General Assembly or the Court to authorize restoration of those payments. That has now occurred, and the Comptroller’s Office will comply. Processing of paychecks for August, September and October begins today.”
Editor’s Note:
In July 2013, Governor Pat Quinn in his line-item veto withheld legislators’ salaries ($13.8 million) from the state budget until legislators take action to overhaul the government worker pension system crisis. Subsequently, Quinn was sued by Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and Senate President John Cullerton, calling the governor’s action unconstitutional, and asking the judge to order that paychecks be issued.
