SPRINGFIELD -- At the same time Gov. Pat Quinn is calling on most Illinoisans to pay higher income taxes, his budget proposal calls for he and other top state officials to get cost-of-living raises.

The governor's spending blueprint would raise Quinn's salary to $182,400, up from $177,000, while boosting base pay for lawmakers by about 2.7 percent to $69,735 annually, up from $67,836.

The estimated $1.1 million total increase in salaries represents barely a ripple in the overall $53 billion-plus state budget.

Nonetheless, against the backdrop of an $11 billion budget deficit, Quinn announced last week he would not take his entire salary. Instead, he says he will accept about $150,000 and give the remainder back to the state, to charities and to other groups.

A spokesman said Quinn isn't calling on his top aides or lawmakers to follow suit.

"He has not directly asked for that. He is leading by example," said Quinn communications chief Bob Reed.

In recent years, cost-of-living increases have become a hot-button issue, with former Gov. Rod Blagojevich vetoing money for the salary bumps out of prior budgets.

In 2003, the state's judges were successful in suing the state to make sure they received their cost-of-living pay increases. In 2007, Auditor General William Holland also sued the state to pay increases denied to him the previous five years.

State Rep. John Bradley, D-Marion, is among lawmakers who say cutting salary increases would be a mostly "symbolic" act that won't solve the state's budget woes.

Nonetheless, Bradley said, "I don't think we ought to be taking raises when the people are suffering."

State Rep. Chapin Rose, R-Mahomet, agreed.

"I just think they (the increases) should not be in the budget to begin with," Rose said.

If money for the raises remains in the budget, the pay hikes would go into effect July 1. Statewide elected officers would see their salaries rise by about 2.7 percent.

For example, Illinois Department of Corrections Director Roger Walker and Illinois Department of Transportation Secretary Gary Hannig would see their salaries increase to $154,400 annually, up from $150,300.

Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White and Attorney General Lisa Madigan would see their salaries rise to $161,000, up from $156,600.

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