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HB3114 Engrossed                              LRB9110051MWgcA

 1        AN ACT concerning annual stipends for county officers.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The Counties  Code  is  amended  by  changing
 5    Section 4-6002 as follows:

 6        (55 ILCS 5/4-6002) (from Ch. 34, par. 4-6002)
 7        Sec. 4-6002. Coroners in counties of less than 2,000,000.
 8    (a)  The County Board, in all counties of less than 2,000,000
 9    inhabitants, shall fix the compensation  of  Coroners  within
10    the limitations fixed by this Division, and shall appropriate
11    for  their  necessary clerk hire, stationery, fuel, supplies,
12    and other expenses. The compensation of the Coroner shall  be
13    fixed  separately  from his necessary clerk hire, stationery,
14    fuel and other expenses, and such compensation shall be fixed
15    within the following limits:
16        To each Coroner in counties containing  less  than  5,000
17    inhabitants, not less than $4,500 per annum.
18        To  each  Coroner  in  counties  containing 5,000 or more
19    inhabitants but less than 14,000 inhabitants, not  less  than
20    $6,000 per annum.
21        To  each  Coroner  in  counties containing 14,000 or more
22    inhabitants, but less than 30,000 inhabitants, not less  than
23    $9,000 per annum.
24        To  each  Coroner  in  counties containing 30,000 or more
25    inhabitants, but less than 60,000 inhabitants, not less  than
26    $14,000 per annum.
27        To  each  Coroner  in  counties containing 60,000 or more
28    inhabitants, but less than 100,000 inhabitants, not less than
29    $15,000 per annum.
30        To each Coroner in counties containing  100,000  or  more
31    inhabitants, but less than 200,000 inhabitants, not less than

 
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 1    $16,500 per annum.
 2        To  each  Coroner  in counties containing 200,000 or more
 3    inhabitants, but less than 300,000 inhabitants, not less than
 4    $18,000 per annum.
 5        To each Coroner in counties containing  300,000  or  more
 6    inhabitants,  but  less  than 2,000,000 inhabitants, not less
 7    than $20,000 per annum.
 8        The population of all counties for the purpose of  fixing
 9    compensation,  as  herein  provided,  shall be based upon the
10    last Federal census immediately previous to the  election  of
11    the Coroner in question in each county. This Section does not
12    apply  to a county which has abolished the elective office of
13    coroner.
14        (b)  Those coroners beginning a  term  of  office  on  or
15    after December 1, 1990 shall be compensated as follows:
16        (1)  Beginning  December  1,  1990,  base  salary plus at
17    least 3% of base salary.
18        (2)  Beginning December 1,  1991,  base  salary  plus  at
19    least 6% of base salary.
20        (3)  Beginning  December  1,  1992,  base  salary plus at
21    least 9% of base salary.
22        (4)  Beginning December 1,  1993,  base  salary  plus  at
23    least 12% of base salary.
24        "Base  salary", as used in this subsection (b), means the
25    salary in effect before July 1, 1989.
26        (c)  In addition to, but separate  and  apart  from,  the
27    compensation  provided  in  this Section, the coroner of each
28    county shall receive an annual stipend of $6,500 to  be  paid
29    by  the  State if his or her term begins on or after December
30    1, 2000.
31    (Source: P.A. 86-962; 86-1028.)

32        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
33    becoming law.

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