Rock v. Burris

Plaintiffs, who are several members of the Eighty-sixth General Assembly, seek a writ of mandamus ordering defendants to issue warrants for and dispense funds pursuant to their recent pay raise legislation and ask that this court declare that this legislation is constitutional. (Pub. Act 86 — 27, eff. July 7, 1989; Pub. Act 86— 956, eff. Dec. 5, 1989 (amending Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 108½, pars. 2 — 108, 9 — 121.1, 14 — 105.1).) Because we hold here that payment of the additional money provided for in this legislation is impermissible insofar as it would increase the legislators’ salaries…