HB4228 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4228

Introduced 1/27/2020, by Rep. Daniel Didech

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

50 ILCS 145/2
55 ILCS 5/4-6001	from Ch. 34, par. 4-6001

Amends the Local Government Officer Compensation Act. Provides that the compensation of county elected officers shall be fixed by ordinance or resolution of the county board or board of county commissioners. Provides that in the ordinance or resolution fixing the compensation of county elected officers, the county board shall separately list each stipend an elected officer is expected to receive in addition to the compensation to be paid by the county. Amends the Counties Code. Removes a subsection providing that no county board may reduce or otherwise impair the compensation payable from county funds to a county officer if the reduction or impairment is the result of the county officer receiving an award or stipend payable from State funds. Effective immediately.

HOME RULE NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning local government.

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

Section 5. The Local Government Officer Compensation Act is amended by changing Section 2 as follows:

(50 ILCS 145/2)

Sec. 2. Time and manner of fixing compensation.

(a) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the compensation of elected officers of school districts and units of local government, including home rule units, which compensation is to be fixed by that school district or unit of local government, shall be fixed at least 180 days before the beginning of the terms of the officers whose compensation is to be fixed.

(b) In addition to the requirements of subsection (a), the compensation of county elected officers shall be fixed by ordinance or resolution of the county board or the board of county commissioners. In the ordinance or resolution fixing the compensation of county elected officers under subsection (a), the county board shall separately list each stipend an elected officer is expected to receive in addition to the compensation to be paid by the county. The stipends listed shall include, but are not limited to, stipends expected to be received under:

Section 3-40 of the Property Tax Code.

Section 4-20 of the Property Tax Code.

Section 3-10007 of the Counties Code.

Section 4-2001 of the Counties Code.

Section 4-6001 of the Counties Code.

Section 4-6002 of the Counties Code.

Section 4-6003 of the Counties Code.

Section 4-8002 of the Counties Code.

Section 27.3 of the Clerks of Courts Act.

(Source: P.A. 89-405, eff. 11-8-95.)

Section 10. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section 4-6001 as follows:

(55 ILCS 5/4-6001) (from Ch. 34, par. 4-6001)

Sec. 4-6001. Officers in counties of less than 2,000,000.

(a) In all counties of less than 2,000,000 inhabitants, the compensation of Coroners, County Treasurers, County Clerks, Recorders and Auditors shall be determined under this Section. The County Board in those counties shall fix the amount of the necessary clerk hire, stationery, fuel and other expenses of those officers. The compensation of those officers shall be separate from the necessary clerk hire, stationery, fuel and other expenses, and such compensation (except for coroners in those counties with less than 2,000,000 population in which the coroner's compensation is set in accordance with Section 4-6002) shall be fixed within the following limits:

To each such officer in counties containing less than 14,000 inhabitants, not less than $13,500 per annum.

To each such officer in counties containing 14,000 or more inhabitants, but less than 30,000 inhabitants, not less than $14,500 per annum.

To each such officer in counties containing 30,000 or more inhabitants but less than 60,000 inhabitants, not less than $15,000 per annum.

To each such officer in counties containing 60,000 or more inhabitants but less than 100,000 inhabitants, not less than $15,000 per annum.

To each such officer in counties containing 100,000 or more inhabitants but less than 200,000 inhabitants, not less than $16,500 per annum.

To each such officer in counties containing 200,000 or more inhabitants but less than 300,000 inhabitants, not less than $18,000 per annum.

To each such officer in counties containing 300,000 or more inhabitants but less than 2,000,000 inhabitants, not less than $20,000 per annum.

(b) Those officers beginning a term of office before December 1, 1990 shall be compensated at the rate of their base salary. "Base salary" is the compensation paid for each of those offices, respectively, before July 1, 1989.

(c) Those officers beginning a term of office on or after December 1, 1990 shall be compensated as follows:

(1) Beginning December 1, 1990, base salary plus at least 3% of base salary.

(2) Beginning December 1, 1991, base salary plus at least 6% of base salary.

(3) Beginning December 1, 1992, base salary plus at least 9% of base salary.

(4) Beginning December 1, 1993, base salary plus at least 12% of base salary.

(d) In addition to but separate and apart from the compensation provided in this Section, the county clerk of each county, the recorder of each county, and the chief clerk of each county board of election commissioners shall receive an award as follows:

(1) $4,500 per year after January 1, 1998;

(2) $5,500 per year after January 1, 1999; and

(3) $6,500 per year after January 1, 2000.

The total amount required for such awards each year shall be appropriated by the General Assembly to the State Board of Elections which shall distribute the awards in annual lump sum payments to the several county clerks, recorders, and chief election clerks. Beginning December 1, 1990, this annual award, and any other award or stipend paid out of State funds to county officers, shall not affect any other compensation provided by law to be paid to county officers.

(e) (Blank). Beginning December 1, 1990, no county board may reduce or otherwise impair the compensation payable from county funds to a county officer if the reduction or impairment is the result of the county officer receiving an award or stipend payable from State funds.

(f) The compensation, necessary clerk hire, stationery, fuel and other expenses of the county auditor, as fixed by the county board, shall be paid by the county.

(g) The population of all counties for the purpose of fixing compensation, as herein provided, shall be based upon the last Federal census immediately previous to the election of the officer in question in each county.

(h) With respect to an auditor who takes office on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, the auditor shall receive an annual stipend of $6,500 per year. The General Assembly shall appropriate the total amount required for the stipend each year from the Personal Property Tax Replacement Fund to the Department of Revenue, and the Department of Revenue shall distribute the awards in an annual lump sum payment to each county auditor. The stipend shall be in addition to, but separate and apart from, the compensation provided in this Section. No county board may reduce or otherwise impair the compensation payable from county funds to the auditor if the reduction or impairment is the result of the auditor receiving an award or stipend pursuant to this subsection.

(Source: P.A. 97-72, eff. 7-1-11.)

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